Chloe Bennett-Steele
StateImpact Oklahoma Environment & Science ReporterChloe Bennett-Steele reports on science and the environment for StateImpact Oklahoma. She holds a Master’s degree from the City University of New York, where she studied science journalism and reported on energy and the environment.
Originally from North Texas, Chloe lived in upstate New York for about two years, covering climate change and broader science stories for an environmental magazine.
Chloe has produced work for publications including The Dallas Morning News and KUT Radio’s daily news magazine, The Texas Standard in Austin.
Chloe loves the outdoors and finding new places to explore by foot or kayak.
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A new research center will help scientists better understand declining grasslands and how they respond to weather and land management. -
Millions of birds have flown over the state’s night skies in recent months. But finding food can be difficult in urban areas and vast agricultural land. To help Oklahoma’s wildlife, some are spending their free time repairing natural habitat. -
Some Oklahoma wildlife rehabilitators are seeing a record number of patients. -
Scale Datacenter, which launched two years ago, is reusing buildings for its operations on the former Chesapeake Energy campus in Oklahoma City. -
Oklahoma Gas & Electric, which serves about 917,000 customers, filed a rate review with the Corporation Commission this week. Customers could see bill changes as early as next spring. -
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it will provide $250 million for a proposed transmission line linking Oklahoma’s grid with Colorado. -
Researchers plan to spend four years studying black bears in the Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Oklahoma and the Ozark region in the northeast. -
Residents at a private lake community near Hinton are watching their lake shrink and their wells dwindle. They blame unpermitted dams upstream, while state regulators point to a tangle of factors. -
Soaring bills during summer heat and a pending rate case fueled a petition circulating online. -
A federal grant is funding the Kiowa Tribe’s orphaned well plugging program.
