Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Thanks to climate change, the world is going to need a lot more firefighters
The U.S. is spending more than ever to fight blazes, and Australia will need to double the number of firefighters it employs to help keep pace with worsening fire seasons.
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Greenpeace 30 might get Russian amnesty — and Pussy Riot might too
Vladimir Putin has proposed giving amnesty to some activists and political prisoners, including Greenpeace protesters who scaled an offshore drilling rig in September.
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Dairy accidents spilled a million gallons of crap in Wisconsin this year
This is the kind of pollution that causes green slime in the Great Lakes and dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Turns out those old-fashioned ways of farming were actually pretty smart
To slow down the rate of species extinction, a U.N. biodiversity group recommends a return to traditional farming techniques.