Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Italian mafia boss says pollution turned him into a police informant
He knew the mafia's toxic-waste dumping would doom people to die from cancer, and he eventually felt bad enough to do something about it.
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Unregulated bumblebee trade threatens bumblebees
Activists are pushing the U.S. government to crack down on trade practices that they say are harming native populations of bumblebees.
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Boston to order builders to adapt to climate change
Under proposed new zoning rules, developers in Beantown will have to construct buildings that can handle floods, heat waves, and other climate impacts.
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Obama moves to block new coal plants abroad
The U.S. plans to use its international clout to make it hard for all but the poorest countries to build coal-fired power plants.