Public Engagement
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Ryan engages regularly with journalists and the general public about his work. Browse by category or search for specific items.
State of Change, PBS NC (2025)
Ryan joins members of the Coharie Tribe to discuss the Great Coharie River Initiative
Prism (2025)
Ryan comments on new pipeline proposals following the rescission of federal environmental justice policies
Coastal Review Online (2025)
Interview with Ryan about 2024 BioScience article on pocosins and Indigenous knowledge
Navajo-Hopi Observer (2024)
Discussion of Ryan’s book and other work as relevant to Native Nations in Arizona
Climate News (2024)
Lumbee author Ryan Emanuel shares stories of Indigenous survival in fight for environmental justice
Grist (2024)
In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
Border Belt Independent (2022)
Poultry waste plant that has polluted in the past gets new approval in Robeson County
Yale Environment 360 (2022)
Chicken Frenzy: A State Awash in Hog Farms Faces a Poultry Boom
Energy News Network (2019)
In North Carolina, novel legal maneuver deployed against Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Duke Human Rights Center (2019)
Environmental Justice, Indigenous Rights, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Pacific Standard (2018)
Are the Feds cherry-picking data to force pipelines through vulnerable communities?