Kiley Bense

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Writer and Journalist, Freelance
Reporter, Inside Climate News

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Covers: Arts & Culture, Climate Change, Environment, Politics

Writer & journalist covering climate change, the environment, politics, and culture.

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Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania's Governor's Race - Ins...

CARLISLE, Pa.-Standing in her granddaughter's yard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on a recent fall day, Lynde Bly…

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John Fetterman's Evolution on Climate Change, Fracking and the Environment - Inside Climate News

The ad opens in Braddock, Pennsylvania with the kind of eerie industrial imagery that has long been synonymou…

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In 'Silent Spring,' Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. ...

SPRINGDALE, Pa.-If you stand in the sloping yard of the Rachel Carson Homestead and look southwest, down towa…

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In Deep Adaptation's Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action - Inside Climate News

On a hot day in September, the first session of Mark Alan Hughes' course, "Introduction to Energy Policy," me…

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Opinion | We Should All Be More Like the Nuns of 1918 (Published 2020)

The sisters of Philadelphia were lifesavers during the Spanish flu epidemic. They are an inspiration today. S…

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How Politics in Trump's America Divides Families

A progressive family in suburban Philadelphia refused to take down a "Black Lives Matter" sign when conservat…

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Mothers, Children, and Off-Limits Kitchens

When I picture my grandmother as a young girl, I see her hovering in the living room doorway at the house on …

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Book Review: "Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be" by Frank Bruni

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni examines the madness and folly behind the increasingly competitive race …

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As a kid, I was bullied. But I bullied, too. Does that make me a victim or an aggressor?

Trying to untangle my middle school bullies' motivations, and my own.

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5 Secret Ways Sleep Affects Your Marriage

One way that happy couples are alike? Synchronized alarm clocks-and bedtimes. A study published this month in…

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5 Couple Sleep Dilemmas, Solved

When you share a bed with your significant other (as 70 percent of Americans do, according to a 2013 National…

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A Young Private, Killed in World War II, Still Leaps off the Page

Pvt. Richard Halvey scribbled his last letter home in the passenger seat of an Army radio vehicle rumbling so…

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The Second Life of St. Nicholas

Personal essay about the cat my mother believed was her mother in law reincarnated.

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5 Contact Lens Mistakes You're Probably Making

It might seem tempting (and oh-so-easy) to crash on the couch or hop in the shower with your contacts in, but…

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An Inspired Side | SAVEUR

Last July, an envelope arrived at my parents' house in Pennsylvania addressed to me in loopy cursive. Inside …

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Yes, Dogs Can Get Jealous Too

This article originally appeared on RealSimple.com. We've long treated our dogs like humans, dressing them in…

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Books Worth Buying: June's Best Food and Drink Releases | SAVEUR

We get dozens of cookbooks each week at SAVEUR, and every month we share our favorite new releases-books that…

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