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Ryan Whalen

Buffalo

Political Reporter at Spectrum News 1 Central NY

Political Reporter at Spectrum News Rochester

WNY political reporter for Capital Tonight, Bills fan, karaoke enthusiast, in no specific order. Retweets are not endorsements.

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  • Yellowstone Supervolcano Has a Hidden Magma Cap-How Close Are We to an Eruption?

    2 days ago | thedebrief.org | Ryan Whalen

    A new study reveals that a volatile-rich cap of magma located just 3.8 kilometers beneath Yellowstone National Park plays a critical role in preventing a major eruption of the park’s massive volcanic system.

  • New York received more than it paid to federal government in FY 2023

    2 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Ryan Whalen

    The New York state Comptroller's Office says former U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan pioneered the concept of balance of payments between the federal government and states with his first report in 1977.

  • Curiosity Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Martian Carbon Cycle That May Have Sustained Life

    5 days ago | thedebrief.org | Ryan Whalen

    NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected signs of significant amounts of carbon dioxide locked within the Martian crust, potentially shedding light on the Red Planet’s ancient carbon cycle and its past habitability. Though Mars is now cold and barren, geological features such as dry riverbeds and sediment layers suggest it once hosted lakes and flowing water.

  • Report estimates packaging reduction bill could save governments $1.3 billion

    5 days ago | spectrumlocalnews.com | Ryan Whalen

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — Former Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck says customers often end up with lots of extra paper, cardboard and plastic because companies that deliver online orders, like Amazon, have no financial responsibility to deal with waste management.

  • New 'Spinning Universe' Theory Could Explain a Decades-Old Cosmological Mystery

    6 days ago | thedebrief.org | Ryan Whalen

    The entire universe may be rotating—just like its individual components, from massive galaxies to solar systems and planets—a possibility that could help explain the long-standing “Hubble tension” that has puzzled scientists for years. None of the currently accepted models of the universe account for any overall spin. Instead, they describe it as expanding uniformly in all directions.

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Ryan Whalen
Ryan Whalen @RyanWhalenCT
2 Apr 25

More from Jack’s one-on-one with the DOCCS commissioner tonight @CapitalTonight

Jack Arpey
Jack Arpey @jack_arpey

Martuscello says there is currently no plan to even consider bringing back the fired Correction Officers, says DOCCS is looking “toward the future” and claims there has been increased interest recruitment wise despite wall to wall negative publicity brought on by the strike https://t.co/uBuVA7phGw

Ryan Whalen
Ryan Whalen @RyanWhalenCT
1 Apr 25

If NYS Senator Sean Ryan does not carry acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon’s bed tax proposal (they’re primary opponents and Ryan opposed a similar tax last year), new state Senator April Baskin could. Baskin declined comment Monday. https://t.co/WLa3Tnh0w7

Ryan Whalen
Ryan Whalen @RyanWhalenCT
25 Mar 25

Good on Diggs for getting paid but $69 million over three years, $26 mil guaranteed, seems like crazy money for a 31-year-old wide receiver with still-good-but-declining statistics coming off a major injury. I guess New England figures they have the money - might as well spend it