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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Microsoft wants to fight climate change, even if Trump won’t
It’s rush hour in Wallingford, and commuters are stepping off a bus, closing up their laptops and heading into the evening sun. It’s not public transit....
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Judge rejects fine for Texas oil company in deadly Anacortes blast
The largest workplace-safety fine in Washington history has been overturned. A state appeals judge on Friday rejected a $2.4 million fine that oil...
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Trump administration starts slashing EPA without waiting for Congress
While President Trump was announcing that the United States would exit the Paris climate agreement in a ceremony at the White House, Environmental...
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Microsoft, Amazon oppose Trump's dumping of climate agreement
President Trump invoked the needs of American businesses and energy users when he announced Thursday that he was pulling the country out of the Paris...
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Salmon are losing their sense of smell. Thanks, carbon emissions
Salmon are starting to lose their sense of smell and their fear of predators, according to research from federal and university scientists in Seattle.
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Some islanders don't dig federal plan to dig in San Juan Islands monument
The Trump administration has given an initial thumbs-up to a plan to dig holes throughout a meadow of rare wildflowers inside the San Juan Islands...
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Canada's Trudeau visits Seattle. Protesters slam his pipelines
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Seattle Wednesday, protesters rallied on the steps of the Canadian consulate downtown. The Native...
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Alaskan mega-mine gets 2nd chance. Fishing industry gets angry
The Trump administration has given a new lease on life to a massive Alaskan gold and copper mine that the Obama administration rejected in 2014.
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Oceans losing oxygen as world warms
To the list of global problems the world’s oceans are facing, you can add another: They’re losing oxygen. The Pacific Ocean off the U.S. West Coast,...
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We’re done playing nice, these climate activists say
Environmentalists concerned that lobbying and polite marches have failed to weaken America’s reliance on fossil fuels have started turning to more confrontational approaches.