Ryan Van Velzer
Ryan Van Velzer is the Energy & Environment reporter at Louisville Public Media. He is dedicated to covering climate change and environmental issues across Kentucky.
Ryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and has more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has worked for The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press, The South Florida Sun Sentinel and as a travel reporter in Central America and Southeast Asia.
He has won numerous awards including regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Associated Press Broadcasters awards and Society of Professional Journalists Louisville Pro Chapter awards.
Email him at rvanvelzer@lpm.org.
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Kentucky will receive more than $26 million in grants and low-interest loans to lower energy costs, expand access to renewable energy and combat climate change in rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.
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Deborah Potts Novgorodoff donned a pair of sneakers, a warm jacket and a bat costume to urge Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities to stop the construction of a natural gas pipeline through conservation lands in Bullitt County.
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Cameron celebrated Vanguard’s decision to withdraw from the initiative on Thursday saying that environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment goals threaten Kentucky’s economy.
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At least a half-dozen power plants in Kentucky have long-term plans to store toxic coal ash in unlined storage ponds sitting in or near groundwater, threatening water supplies and potentially violating federal regulations.
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Youth kicking down doors, brawling, having sex, breaking a staff member’s ribs and a short-lived escape were just a handful of allegations brought by officials and lawmakers about the Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Lyndon.
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Kentucky is betting on hydrogen to be the fuel of the future.
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Heavy industry dumped more toxic pollution into the Ohio River watershed than any other in the United States in 2020, according to the latest data available in a report from Environment America.
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The National Park Service will waive fees at national parks, monuments, forests and other federal public lands around Kentucky on Saturday, Sept. 24.
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Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet released a study Friday that found the same kinds of chemicals used in Teflon pans in every single fish sampled in lakes and streams across the state. Researchers collected and tested fish including large and smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, bluegill and sunfish.
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Wild American ginseng is struggling to survive in the Daniel Boone National Forest.