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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One billion coastal residents worldwide will face flooding from sea level rise by 2050. That’s according to a new U.N. climate report that focuses on the impacts of climate change on human health.
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Pipeline builder Energy Transfer says it has completed its 350-mile long, cross-state Mariner East project. The announcement comes five years after construction began, and more than two years after its planned initial completion.
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The Biden Administration has announced the largest offshore wind energy lease sale in federal waters. Six parcels off the coasts of New Jersey and New York will be auctioned in February. Officials say the wind farms would generate enough energy to power at least two million homes.
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The builder of the troubled Mariner East pipeline says the project will be completed by early 2022. That’s more than two years late, and five years after construction began on the natural gas liquids line. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips reports the announcement comes after the state issued controversial new permits.
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Mariner East pipeline builder Sunoco will pay more than $4 million as part of a settlement agreement over polluting a popular state park in Chester County. Construction of the natural gas liquids line caused a large drilling mud spill at Marsh Creek State Park.
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Congress recently passed a $2 trillion bill that includes funds to support electrification of heating and cooling – something scientists say is crucial to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. But a bill moving through Harrisburg would prevent cities and towns from enacting their own electrification policies.
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As energy prices rise nationwide, Philadelphia area residents will see jumps in their electric bills. WHYY StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips reports these increases coincide with what forecasters say will be a cold winter.
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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.
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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.