Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Is this a La Niña or El Niño year? Try La Nada
For more than a year now, the Pacific Ocean has been without La Niña or El Niño. In its place is La Nada, which could be a lot more extreme than it sounds.
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Carbon-friendly skies: Flying smaller airlines reduces your footprint
To shrink your airborne carbon footprint, stick with smaller carriers that serve regional geographic areas. (And probably don't fly Allegiant Air.)
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We don’t need no stinking permits: California frackers get their way
Californian legislation that was going to restrict fracking has been lobbied and amended so it gives drillers free passes on environmental laws.
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There’s arsenic in your rice, but don’t worry about it, says FDA
The Food & Drug Administration tested 1,300 samples of rice and found arsenic in them all, but only in very small amounts.
