Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania. #Fracking was supposed to lower Pennsylvanians’ electric bills. Instead, they’re higher than ever—and they’re about to get worse. @kiley.bsky.social @dangearino.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...

Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania was a renewable energy leader. Now it lags far behind its peers. This is how we got here: insideclimatenews.org/news/2209202...

EPA is using an unusual loophole to delay iron and steel industry safeguards. “It’s a fake emergency. It’s just an excuse to push back the deadlines because industry doesn’t want to comply," said Jim Pew, an attorney at @earthjustice.org. by @kiley.bsky.social via @insideclimatenews.org

SEPTA’s cuts will lead to more greenhouse gas emissions. But they also threaten the Philadelphia region’s ability to meet its long-term climate goals. insideclimatenews.org/news/0309202...

20 years ago, when I was just 11 years old, my family hunkered down for Hurricane Katrina in a trailer in south Mobile County, just a few miles from the Gulf. Read my latest, a #HurricaneKatrina remembrance, in @insideclimatenews.org. insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

Thirteen years after Pennsylvania gifted Shell a record-breaking tax break, the company wants to sell its Monaca plant. insideclimatenews.org/news/2208202...

After years of environmental and safety problems at Clairton Coke Works, residents who live nearby feel like they’re living in a “sacrifice zone.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1508202...

The loss of the Heartbreak Hotel in Plainfield is an example of how Vermont river towns are finding themselves at the forefront of the climate crisis, as new weather patterns make homes unlivable.

URGENT from @alleghenycounty.bsky.social: Out of an abundance of caution, residents within 1 mile of the plant are advised to remain indoors, close windows/doors, set HVAC systems to recirculate & avoid activities that draw in outside air, like using exhaust fans." www.gasp-pgh.org/explosion-at...

Last year, I wrote about the history of Clairton and its Coke Works, which first opened in 1901. Read more here: insideclimatenews.org/news/2801202...

From @kiley.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org: "We’re all exposed to [fossil fuel pollution] every single day. We’re bathed in it." insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...

Thrilled to see @insideclimatenews.org reporting on the findings of the new Argonne survey of local and state emergency management capacity. This is a great summary. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...

The Trump administration wants state and local emergency managers to do a lot more. But a new government study shows they’re struggling to meet current needs. insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...

In a new government survey of more than 1,600 state and local emergency managers, employees reported being overworked, underpaid, underappreciated and understaffed.

Yesterday, I reported on the protest happening down the street from Sen. McCormick’s PA energy & innovation summit. Read more about the summit and protest here: insideclimatenews.org/news/1507202...

Why Calling the Texas Flooding ‘An Act of God’ Is a Dangerous Form of Political Denial insideclimatenews.org/news/1107202...

Scoop: Two days after floods hit Texas, FEMA did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

I spoke to @ericklinenberg.bsky.social about the rhetoric politicians are deploying to avoid accountability in the aftermath of the flooding in Texas. insideclimatenews.org/news/1107202...

“I don’t know how long it took—ten seconds, maybe fifteen—for the house to come apart." During the early-morning hours of July 4, the Guadalupe River pulled senior editor Aaron Parsley and six members of his family into its waters. Read his firsthand account:

July 4th, 2024 article by @kiley.bsky.social (Photo from Pennsylvania Firefly Festival.) Manage your property in ways that benefit fireflies, by leaving leaf litter on lawns over the winter, for example. kentuckylantern.com/2024/07/04/w...

One EPA employee told me they signed the petition vs the Trump admin's anti-science agenda. On a Sunday, using their own computer, not on work time or using govt devices. That person and 138 others are now on "investigative leave" insideclimatenews.org/news/0307202... @insideclimatenews.org

Federal agencies like Interior Department are rolling back NEPA regulations, which experts warn will cut public participation and gut environmental reviews of projects. @kiley.bsky.social‬ and I have the details on what’s happening and why it matters: insideclimatenews.org/news/0207202...

Truckers are calling on the Department of Transportation to investigate the way oil and gas waste is transported and labeled. insideclimatenews.org/news/2906202...

I'm quoted in this @insideclimatenews.org piece by @kiley.bsky.social. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2906202...

A new study found increased rates of missed school days for students with asthma living near U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works.

I've spent the last few months examining the +1,450 grants terminated at the NIH, including reading hundreds of abstracts. Many were studying how to solve or improve health disparities – not just identify or explain them. Some of the terminated grants (h/t to @scott-delaney.bsky.social + team)

DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Fire Resulted In Possible Release Of An Unknown Quantity Of 1,3-Butadiene And Benzene Into The Atmosphere In Beaver County [PaEN] tinyurl.com/myc2bc6p

“It’s really, really, really important that we get this right,” @mwilli.bsky.social said, of the need to decarbonize the industry.

“Pennsylvania has an oil and gas waste problem, and they need somewhere to put it.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0306202...

At a rally in western PA on Friday, President Trump vowed to keep U.S. Steel blast furnaces running at “full capacity” for at least the next 10 years. insideclimatenews.org/news/3005202...

Speaking in western Pennsylvania on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated a “blockbuster agreement” between the Japanese company Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel.

Q&A: Kiley Bense on Climate Journalism in a New Information Environment, with @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Thanks to @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social for her thoughtful questions in this interview for @columjournreview.bsky.social about climate journalism in 2025! www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

What's it like to live next to Shell's ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, PA? Find out in @insideclimatenews.org reporting. @cleanairmoms-pa.bsky.social's Rachel Meyer lives a few miles from the plant, and says it can be "unnerving." insideclimatenews.org/news/0905202...

I’m looking to talk to Pennsylvanians who have noticed significant increases in their electricity bills in the past few years. If that’s you and you’re willing to share your story, you can email me at [email protected].

Residents in Beaver County are still looking for answers. insideclimatenews.org/news/0905202...

I spoke with @insideclimatenews.org executive editor @vernonloeb.bsky.social about our recent on the environmental impacts of the first 100 days of the Trump administration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Jr...

The Trump administration’s approach to climate change and the environment, summed up in one graf by the @insideclimatenews.org team: insideclimatenews.org/news/3004202...

No better compendium of Trump's first 100 days and their effect on the environment than what my colleagues and I at @insideclimatenews.org put together—led by the great @kiley.bsky.social. insideclimatenews.org/news/3004202...

In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment insideclimatenews.org/news/3004202...

“Causing chaos was the goal.” Environmental advocates and legal experts from across the country weigh in on Trump’s first 100 days: insideclimatenews.org/news/3004202...

‘Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet @kiley.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org #news #environment EJ Today Headlines: www.sej.org/headlines/list insideclimatenews.org/news/2104202...

Without Pope Francis, “the world is a little lonelier and more unjust.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2104202...

Funding for LIHEAP has dried up because federal workers who administer the program were recently laid off by the Trump administration, said Elizabeth Marx of the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project. About $19 million has yet to be sent to the state. From @insideclimatenews.org

A crucial program for low-income families is closing early this year because the federal staff who administer the funding was fired. insideclimatenews.org/news/1904202...

Trump Admin Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills #news #environment @kiley.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list insideclimatenews.org/news/1904202...

I spoke to legal experts at @harvardeelp.bsky.social @sierraclub.org and @westernlaw.bsky.social about two new directives from the Trump administration that aim to mass-repeal federal environmental and energy regulations: insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...

“It is truly a five-alarm moment." -- Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, executive director at the Western Environmental Law Center @kiley.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...

In the barrage of press releases last week, the EPA announced it will revise rules to give more "flexibility" to oil and gas companies to dispose of their wastewater. I reported with my colleague @kiley.bsky.social on what this means. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...