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Scott Blanchard

Scott Blanchard is Senior Editor, WITF News and StateImpact Pennsylvania. The latter is an award-winning public media collaboration among WITF, WHYY in Philadelphia, WPSU in State College and The Allegheny Front in Pittsburgh that covers the state’s energy economy.

Blanchard was named StateImpact editor in 2017, and named senior editor for WITF and StateImpact in 2021. Previously, he was enterprise editor at the York (Pa.) Daily Record, where he led the newsroom’s investigative and projects reporting. He was a 2013 Ochberg Fellow, receiving training at Columbia University in PTSD science, self-help and peer support. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Society of News Editors. A Rockville, Md., native, he is a graduate of the University of Missouri’s journalism school.
Email: scott_blanchard@witf.org

Latest by Scott Blanchard

FILE PHOTO: Mrs. Joanne Noel, prepares her flower bed for planting in front of her Middletown, Pa., home as daughter Danielle, 4, watches as she sits on the ground, May 18, 1979. Noel evacuated her home with her children during the crisis at Three Mile Island, seen in the background.
May 12, 2020 | 11:02 AM

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s TMI oral history receives documentary award

By Scott Blanchard
Pennsylvania is joining with eight other states and the District of Columbia to combat emissions from vehicles.
March 31, 2020 | 5:39 PM

Trump administration rolls back Obama-era auto emissions standards

By Scott Blanchard
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station near Delta, Pa.
March 6, 2020 | 6:13 PM

Peach Bottom nuclear plant gets 20-year license extension

By Scott Blanchard
Trees cut on a Susquehanna County property in March 2016 to make way for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The company has said it will fight a FERC order upholding New York State's denial of a permit for the project.
February 25, 2020 | 1:44 PM

Constitution Pipeline project ends as builder cites ‘diminished’ return on investment

By Scott Blanchard
The Bruce Mansfield Power Plant burns coal to generate electricity in Beaver County.
Updated: November 19, 2019 | 6:52 pm

Lawmakers, criticizing Wolf’s executive order on joining cap-and-trade program, say it’s their call to make

Proposed bill would require Legislature to OK Pennsylvania becoming part of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
By Scott Blanchard
The Andover estate in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline which began operating on Dec. 29. A valve site for the pipeline is in the center of the picture.
Updated: November 14, 2019 | 10:11 am

Timeline: Mariner East 2 pipeline project’s permit problems and investigations

By Scott Blanchard
The Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland. Glacial retreat is among the most visible impacts of climate change. Since the early 20th century, with few exceptions, glaciers around the world have been retreating at unprecedented rates.
September 16, 2019 | 10:34 AM

Pennsylvania has a key role in talk of a carbon-neutral economy. We’ll take a closer look at the stakes

StateImpact Pennsylvania is part of “Covering Climate Now,” an effort led by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation magazine to focus news organizations’ efforts on coverage of the issue.

By Scott Blanchard
Power lines
August 27, 2019 | 4:56 PM

Pa. Supreme Court ruling: Lancaster can’t act as a utility regulator; that’s the PUC’s job

By Scott Blanchard
Jessica Cutaiar never liked the taste of the well water at her Sellersville home. Now she knows it is contaminated with PFAS, a chemical used in fire retardant foam.
July 18, 2019 | 8:30 AM

WHYY’s ‘The Why’: Pa.’s widening PFAS water-contamination crisis

By Scott Blanchard
Map of Pennsylvania. Original image used under a creative commons license (https://bit.ly/1mhaR6e).
July 18, 2019 | 6:00 AM

Ask StateImpact Pennsylvania: Vote for which reader question we should answer

Climate change, industry regulation and solar power are among the topics readers have been wondering about.

By Scott Blanchard
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