Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Utility trying to bury solar in Arizona
Under a utility's proposal, solar-panel owners in Arizona would be paid $50 to $100 less each month for their excess electricity. Cue costly brawl.
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Fracking won’t fix the climate
You may have heard that fracking is reducing carbon emissions because natural gas is cleaner than coal. But there's a big hole in that argument.
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Turbine tourism: Bus tours of a wind-energy park are a big hit
In Michigan, tourists are lining up for wind-energy tours that let you go right up and touch a turbine.
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Party like it’s 1994! America’s CO2 emissions hit 18-year low
In 2012, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. fell to 1994 levels.