Kiley Bense
Reporter, Pennsylvania
Kiley Bense covers climate change and the environment with a focus on Pennsylvania, politics, energy, and public health. She has reported on the effects of the fracking boom in Pennsylvania, the expansion of the American plastics industry, and the intersection of climate change and culture. Her previous work has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, the Believer, and Sierra Magazine, and she holds master’s degrees in journalism and creative writing from Columbia University. She is based in Pennsylvania.
Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
10 Tough Climate Questions for the Presidential Debate
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross
As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing for Impact in Unexpected Places
By Kiley Bense
After Partnering With the State to Monitor Itself, a Pennsylvania Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’
By Kiley Bense
In Pennsylvania’s Competitive Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage
By Kiley Bense
A New National Spotlight Shines on Josh Shapiro’s Contested Environmental Record
By Kiley Bense
For Appalachian Artists, the Landscape Is Much More Than the Sum of Its Natural Resources
By Kiley Bense
Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste
By Kiley Bense
NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Staff as They Investigated the East Palestine Derailment
By Kiley Bense
Will the Lightning Bug Show Go On?
By Kiley Bense
Ohio and Pennsylvania Residents Affected by the East Palestine Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met
By Kiley Bense
Pennsylvania’s Fracking Wastewater Contains a ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Critical Clean Energy Mineral Lithium
By Kiley Bense
Q&A: Is Pittsburgh Becoming ‘the Plastic City’?
By Kiley Bense
Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World
By Kiley Bense
A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor
By Kiley Bense
As a Contested Pittsburgh Primary Nears, Climate Advocates Rally Around a Progressive Fracking Opponent, Rep. Summer Lee
By Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense
