Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Crowdfunded science suggests that coal-hauling trains cause air pollution
An atmospheric scientist solicited funding online for research into pollution from coal trains, and now his preliminary results are in.
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Ballot effort to ban tar-sands oil from Maine city appears to have failed
A ballot initiative to prevent tar-sands oil from being piped through South Portland and loaded onto ships narrowly lost, according to initial poll results.
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Colorado voters tell fracking industry to frack off
Residents of the Colorado cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette voted Tuesday to ban or suspend fracking.
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More corn grown in U.S. this year than ever before. Thanks, biofuels.
American farmers are set to harvest 30 percent more corn this year than last year. That's due to agreeable weather and EPA's biofuel mandate.