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John Ryan

Seattle

One of those meddling kids in public radio. I cover env't @KUOW-Seattle Tips? [email protected] or DM for Signal # (Also @heyjohnryan on bsky/mastodon/insta)

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  • 4 days ago | kuow.org | John Ryan

    Environmental Protection Agency employees take part in a march in Philadelphia in March against actions taken by the Trump administration. AP A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release $180 million in federal funding for environmental justice projects, including $60 million in the Pacific Northwest. The Environmental Protection Agency had blocked that funding in February.

  • 1 week ago | kuow.org | John Ryan

    A large tree crashed into a home following heavy winds from a "bomb cyclone" is shown on Nov. 21, 2024, in Snohomish, Washington. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer For a second time, President Donald Trump has denied Washington state’s request for major-disaster aid following a bomb cyclone storm that hit in November. Trump denied Gov. Jay Inslee’s initial request in April. Gov. Bob Ferguson appealed Trump’s initial denial in May. Neither denial offered any explanation. Sen.

  • 1 week ago | kuow.org | John Ryan

    Employees remove items that cannot be recycled from a conveyer belt on Oct. 26, 2018, at Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville, Washington. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer Glass recycling is back in Seattle after a nearly year-long hiatus. Bottled-beverage drinkers kept putting their empties in recycling bins, but the recycling loop shattered after the region’s main manufacturer of glass bottles, Ardagh Glass Packaging in Seattle, shut its doors in 2024.

  • 2 weeks ago | kuow.org | John Ryan

    For a week, NPR has been exploring various solutions to climate change, from quitting fossil fuels to putting coastal homes up on stilts. In Washington state, it is hard to know how well climate solutions are working. The state takes up to four years to disclose whether it is keeping its promise—and legal mandate—to slash its climate-damaging pollution.

  • 2 weeks ago | kuow.org | John Ryan

    Sun shines through a patch of urban forest on the Shoreline Community College campus in Shoreline, Washington, on June 5, 2025. KUOW Photo/John Ryan Ever since Renton, Washington, hit 109 degrees during the Northwest’s record-shattering heat wave in 2021, officials of the city just south of Seattle have been trying to make Renton more resilient.

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John Ryan @heyjohnryan
12 Jun 25

A rare call to action from NPR popped up on my screen shortly after the US House voted to defund public broadcasting today. https://t.co/BDfD1QCchE

John Ryan
John Ryan @heyjohnryan
10 Jun 25

RT @StatisticUrban: Sometimes it's good to remember just how large LA is, now that it's the focus of the national conversation. Los Angel…

John Ryan
John Ryan @heyjohnryan
10 Jun 25

RT @peterbakernyt: "Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officer…