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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." She received a 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. In 2013/14 she spent a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. She has also been a Metcalf Fellow, an MBL Logan Science Journalism Fellow and reported from Marrakech on the 2016 climate talks as an International Reporting Project Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.

June 25, 2012 | 10:30 AM

Coming Up This Week:

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Heads to Congress – The House Committee on Science will hold a hearing this Thursday, June 28, to look at “strengthening the scientific backbone of the EPA.” Expect questions for Jackson about how her regulatory agency kills jobs.
Tour de Frack, or “Freedom Ride for Awareness and Community Knowledge” – These fractivist bicycle enthusiasts say they are putting activism in motion. The bike ride from Butler, Pa. to Washington, D.C., along the Great Allegheny Passage, and the C&O Canal towpath, wraps up at the end of this week.
Shale Insight Conference – The gathering of Marcellus Shale drillers and, most likely, their detractors, will once again come to Philadelphia this September 20-21. Early registration deadline is this Friday. Rumors have it former Governor Ed Rendell will be giving the keynote speech on former Governor Ed Rendell. ;}
Sunoco refinery study – Delaware County officials plan to announce Wednesday the results of a study on what to do with the idled Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook. The county hired IHS to research potential uses for the site. In the meantime, workers at the newly named “Monroe Energy,” will start heading back to work this week at the former ConocoPhillips refinery in Trainer, which was purchased by Delta Airlines.

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