Ryan Van Velzer (KPR)
ReporterRyan Van Velzer has told stories of people surviving floods in Thailand, record-breaking heat in Arizona and Hurricane Irma in South Florida. He has worked for The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press and The South Florida Sun Sentinel in addition to working as a travel reporter in Central America and Southeast Asia. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Ryan is happy to finally live in a city that has four seasons.
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Most of the batteries for the next generation of Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles will be made at a nearly $6 billion battery park now under construction near Elizabethtown.
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Six power plants in Kentucky are storing toxic coal ash in or near groundwater and may have to remove it in order to comply with federal regulations.
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Dry fall leaves and a drought have contributed to an increased number of wildfires this fall fire season in Kentucky.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority demolished the cooling towers at the former Paradise coal plant in Muhlenberg County Thursday.
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Kentucky coal has had a good year. There are more jobs, active mines and tax dollars going back to coal communities. But energy prices are rising too.
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Juvenile detention officials say staff shortages and overcrowding are among the challenges that led to fires, and an escape at a Jefferson County facility.
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A new report found that utilities across the country, including in Kentucky, have made little progress in meeting their own climate goals.
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With uses in transportation, manufacturing and energy storage, Ky. has joined the midwest regional hydrogen hub.
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Power plants and other industrial facilities released more toxic pollution into the Ohio River Basin than any other watershed in the U.S. in 2020.
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South Shore’s mayor declared a water emergency in January but didn't say toxic “forever chemicals” had polluted the city’s drinking water.