Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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WTF is the IPCC?
And why should the world care about its new climate report? We tell you everything you need to know to sound smart at a cocktail party.
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Cow farts still stink up the climate — but relief is possible
Livestock rearing contributes 14.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions -- more than half of that from methane-spewing cattle. Also: We can change this.
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Feds to frackers: “No, please — let us help you find a place to dump your wastewater”
The Department of Energy is spending $1.8 million trying to help frackers in the Northeast find somewhere to dump millions of barrels of wastewater.
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Wacky jet stream to blame for wild North American weather
From the floods in Colorado to heat waves and cold snaps, scientists say unusual behavior of a normally predictable jet stream is to blame. What's the climate change link?
