Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Huge North Dakota oil spill went unreported by furloughed feds
A spill of fracked oil from a pipeline was discovered two weeks ago, but we're only just learning about it.
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Big builders hoarding fracking rights beneath new homes
U.S. developers are selling new houses but keeping a little something for themselves: the right to lease the land beneath the houses to frackers.
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One giant coal plant reopening in Minnesota, another shuttering in Massachusetts
A behemoth coal plant is being switched back on after two years of repairs. But a pending closure of another marks the 150th coal-plant shutdown since 2010.
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Oil industry sues EPA over biofuel mandate
The American Petroleum Institute is fighting efforts to boost the percentage of biofuels in gasoline. Some green groups don't like the EPA's biofuel rules either.