Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Blistering exposé prompts Johns Hopkins to suspend black-lung screenings
Johns Hopkins University has long been paid by coal companies to screen former miners for black lung disease.
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Forest Service’s firefighting fund can’t keep up with wildfires
Costs to fight fires in forests are climbing, forcing the Forest Service to drain funds intended for research and reforestation to help it battle blazes.
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Most Tea Partiers think warming is “just not happening”
When it comes to climate science, there is deep division between the Tea Party fringe and the rest of the Republican Party.
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More nukes: James Hansen leads call for “safer nuclear” power to save climate
James Hansen and three other prominent climate scientists call for the deployment of safe nuclear energy -- and they want support from enviros.