Phil McKenna
Reporter, Boston
Phil McKenna is a Boston-based reporter for Inside Climate News. Before joining ICN in 2016, he was a freelance writer covering energy and the environment for publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon and WIRED. Uprising, a story he wrote about gas leaks under U.S. cities, won the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award and the 2014 NASW Science in Society Award. Phil has a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was an Environmental Journalism Fellow at Middlebury College.
The IPCC Understated the Need to Cut Emissions From Methane and Other Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Climate Experts Say
By Phil McKenna
EPA Struggles to Track Methane Emissions From Landfills. Here’s Why It Matters
By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Phil McKenna, and Robert Benincasa
A Colorado Home Wins the Solar Decathlon, But Still Helps Cook the Planet
By Phil McKenna
Thousands Came to Minnesota to Protest New Construction on the Line 3 Pipeline. Hundreds Left in Handcuffs but More Vowed to Fight on.
By Sam Palca, Kristoffer Tigue, Phil McKenna
The EPA Proposes a Ban on HFC-23, the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Among Hydrofluorocarbons, by October 2022
By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers
The Senate Reinstates Methane Emissions Regulations Rolled Back by Trump, Marking a Clear Win for Climate Activists
By Phil McKenna
Ahead of the Climate Summit, Environmental Groups Urge Biden to Champion Methane Reductions as a Quick Warming Fix
By Phil McKenna
Chemours Says it Will Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Aiming for Net Zero by 2050
By Phil McKenna
Will a Recent Emergency Methane Release Be the Third Strike for Weymouth’s New Natural Gas Compressor?
By Phil McKenna
An Unusual Coalition of Environmental and Industry Groups Is Calling on the EPA to Quickly Phase Out Super-Polluting Refrigerants
By Phil McKenna
Want to Buy a Climate-Friendly Refrigerator? Leading Manufacturers Are Finally Providing the Information You Need
By Phil McKenna
Louisville’s Super-Polluting Chemical Plant Emits Not One, But Two Potent Greenhouse Gases
By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers
Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know
By Phil McKenna
I Tried to Buy a Climate-Friendly Refrigerator. What I Got Was a Carbon Bomb.
By Phil McKenna
A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City
By Phil McKenna, James Bruggers
A New Study Closes the Case on the Mysterious Rise of a Climate Super-Pollutant
By Phil McKenna
