Susan Phillips
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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President Joe Biden plans to sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill next week; the package passed in Congress last Friday. Energy Department Secretary Jennifer Granholm touted the measure Wednesday at a green-job training facility in North Philadelphia. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips reports the bill includes $3.5 billion for weatherization. -
The Department of Energy has announced funding to research the impact of offshore wind on East Coast fisheries and ocean ecosystems. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips reports it’s all part of President Biden’s plan to tackle climate change by making a big push for renewables.
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Pennsylvania has 5,600 miles of dead waterways, polluted by the state’s coal mining industry. Cleaning up these rivers and streams would cost millions of dollars. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips spoke to Philadelphia filmmaker Ben Kalina who just produced a documentary that looks at how one river in the western part of the state was brought back to life.
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Mariner East Pipeline builder Energy Transfer faces 48 criminal charges after it caused dangerous sinkholes, polluted Pennsylvania waterways, and destroyed residential drinking water. State Attorney General Josh Shapiro released a grand jury report and announced the charges in Chester County Tuesday.
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An energy company has cancelled a major natural gas pipeline project that would have carried Marcellus Shale gas from Northeast Pennsylvania to New Jersey. Landowners and environmentalists fought the pipeline project for seven years.
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Pennsylvania climate activists are setting their sights on the state’s utility regulator. The groups want Governor Tom Wolf to appoint new Public Utility…
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Chester County commissioners have asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to shut down two natural gas liquid pipelines. The move comes as…
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A new report reveals the EPA approved the use of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” to frack oil and gas wells. The non-profit Physicians for Social…
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Philadelphia launched its plastic bag ban July 1, starting with an educational campaign. A state moratorium on bag bans prompted the city to sue earlier…
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Fireworks will have many flocking to Fourth of July celebrations this weekend, especially since the pandemic restrictions have been lifted.But as WHYY’s…
