Susan Phillips | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." Along with her reporting partner Scott Detrow, she won the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. She recently returned from a year as at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.
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Mariner East pipeline builder Energy Transfer is back at the area near Marsh Creek State Park to clean up more drilling mud.
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The coal-fired the Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County is shutting its doors.
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Often referred to as “forever chemicals,” because they don’t naturally break down in the environment, exposure to PFAS compounds is linked to serious health issues.
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After facing lawsuits and protests over plans to purchase new gas-guzzlers to replace its aging fleet of delivery trucks, the U.S. Postal Service has committed to creating one of the largest electric vehicle fleets in the nation.
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Cabot Oil and Gas pleaded no contest to 15 criminal charges, including nine felonies, and admitted responsibility for destroying drinking water supplies.
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A group of Catholic nuns who sued a pipeline company that seized its land through eminent domain argued Thursday in federal court in Philadelphia that environmental protection and stewardship of the land holds the same weight as their anti-abortion, or “pro-life” stance.
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“The magnitude of the elevated risk that we observed was fairly striking."
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The state attorney general says Texas-based pipeline builder Energy Transfer is “accepting criminal responsibility” for dozens of charges related to construction of its Mariner East pipeline project.
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Advocates say the USPS fleet of delivery trucks is perfect for conversion to electric vehicles, which would be in line with state and federal climate goals.
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The groups say the war in Ukraine should not derail the Department of Transportation’s proposal to reinstate limits on rail shipments of liquified natural gas.