John Ryan
Environment Reporter
About
John Ryan joined KUOW as its first full-time investigative reporter in 2009 and became its environment reporter in 2018. He focuses on climate change, energy, and the ecosystems of the Puget Sound region. He has also investigated toxic air pollution, landslides, failed cleanups, and money in politics for KUOW.
Over a quarter century as an environmental journalist, John has covered everything from Arctic drilling to Indonesian reef bombing. He has been a reporter at NPR stations in southeast and southwest Alaska (KTOO-Juneau and KUCB-Unalaska) and at the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
John’s stories have won multiple national awards for KUOW, including the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi awards for Public Service in Radio Journalism and for Investigative Reporting, national Edward R. Murrow and PMJA/PRNDI awards for coverage of breaking news, and Society of Environmental Journalists awards for in-depth reporting.
John welcomes tips, documents, and feedback. Reach him at jryan@kuow.org or for secure, encrypted communication, he's at heyjohnryan@protonmail.com or 1-401-405-1206 on the Signal messaging app.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, some Spanish, some Indonesian
Professional Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA union member and former shop steward; Society of Environmental Journalists member and mentor
Stories
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Seattle Tunnel Partner Wins $80 Million Dispute Over Boston’s Big Dig
One of the two companies attempting to dig a highway tunnel beneath the Seattle waterfront has won an $80 million dispute with the Massachusetts...
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Amazon: Send In The Drones (And The Lobbyists)
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is seeking permission to send unmanned aircraft into the skies. The company has asked the Federal Aviation...
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Lottery Winner Fined For Illegal Land Clearing On San Juan Island
Washington state officials have fined a Virginia man $79,000 for illegal clearing of a San Juan Island shoreline.
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Snohomish County Revisits Development In Landslide Zones
How to keep a county that is still reeling from a deadly landslide safe from future landslides? Environmentalists' and developers' conflicting answers...
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Report: Agency Blocked Urgent Recommendations For Tesoro Refinery Safety
In the months following a deadly refinery explosion in Anacortes, Washington, in April 2010, federal investigators with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board...
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Scientists Take A Look Deep Beneath Mount St. Helens
If you're hiking in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in July or August, and you feel the earth rumble briefly, it could just be...
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Officials: Bertha, World's Largest Tunnel Machine, Will Be More Robust
The builders of the tunnel machine stuck beneath the Seattle waterfront don’t just plan to repair the world’s largest tunnel machine.
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Signature Campaign Begins For $15 Minimum Wage Initiative
Minimum-wage activists launched their signature-gathering campaign for a ballot initiative outside the downtown Seattle McDonald's Thursday.
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DNR Promises Tighter Controls On Logging Near Landslide Zones
Washington State officials announced new restrictions on logging near landslide zones Friday afternoon. The change in policy comes six weeks after a...
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Audit Dings Hospital's 50-Year Practice Of Paid 'Transition Time'
State auditors say Western State Hospital has been losing about $800,000 a year paying for work that's not being done. For decades, the hospital has...