Susan Phillips | WHYY
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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An offshore wind developer planning a large project off the New Jersey coast inked a deal to use all-union labor. Biden Administration officials brokered the agreement between energy firm Orsted and North America’s Building Trades Unions. WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports it’s part of a push toward what is known as a “just transition.”
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The long-delayed dredging of the Schuylkill River will restart this summer thanks to millions in federal funds. Rowers celebrated the announcement Monday by Philadelphia’s Boathouse Row. WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports the project will make it safer for boats and mitigate future flooding.
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Fuel costs are rising and it’s not just the price at the pump. Jet fuel, diesel and heating oil charges have skyrocketed. That’s good news for local refiners, which struggled during the pandemic. But as WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports the rest of us will pay more for flights and package deliveries.
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Environmental groups have urged the Biden Administration to ban transport of liquified natural gas, or LNG by rail. The groups oppose a project that could send LNG by rail from Northeast Pennsylvania across the Delaware River to a planned export terminal in South Jersey.
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Dozens of Philadelphians will be fanning out across the city on one of the worst dog-days of summer this year to measure the true impact of heat on residents. The federal government has teamed up with the Academy of Natural Sciences to gather both temperature and air pollution data.
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New Jersey released a new report last week for local governments and planners on how to prepare for rising seas and hotter weather. WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports the state will see some of the highest rates of temperature increases in the nation.
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A battle is brewing over the urban stretch of the Delaware River as it runs past Philadelphia and Camden. As more and more people use it for recreation, commercial shippers are raising safety issues. WHYY’s Susan Phillips reports the fight is a strange confluence of water quality and safety.
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Worldwide temperatures are at risk of exceeding a tipping point unless governments make greater commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. That’s according to a new report by the United Nations and the world’s top climate scientists released Monday.
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A Mariner East pipeline opponent from Chester County says she’s running for governor as a Green Party candidate. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania's Susan Phillips reports she is motivated by the environmental damage she witnessed during pipeline construction.
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Residents near a section of the Mariner East natural gas liquids pipeline in Delaware County say construction is continuing, despite an announcement last month by builder Energy Transfer that work has been finished. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips reports.