Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Environmental free-trade deal could help tar-sands producers
The WTO has started talks on a new deal that would facilitate trade in "environmental goods," but its definition of "environmental" is not so good.
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Oil companies try to weasel out of California’s cap-and-trade program
Big Oil has convinced some lawmakers to try to delay the inclusion of motor fuels in the state's carbon-trading system. Because it cares about struggling families.
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Will the U.S. keep spending taxpayer money on dirty coal plants abroad?
President Obama ordered the U.S. Export-Import Bank to stop funding coal plants, but some members are Congress are trying to undermine that ban.
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Canadians are eating tar-sands pollution
New research paints an alarming picture of wildlife being contaminated by tar-sands extraction -- wildlife that First Nations have long hunted for food.
