Articles by John Upton

John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.

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Fracking wastewater disposal triggered more than 100 earthquakes in Ohio

Youngstown, Ohio, had never experienced a recorded earthquake. Then frackers started pumping wastewater into the ground at a single injection well, and things got crazy.

John Upton Technology
Oil refiners don’t care about Keystone XL anymore

Canadian oil companies still desperately want the Keystone XL pipeline, but U.S. oil refiners don’t much care whether the damned thing ever gets built.

John Upton Technology
Will the U.S. and New Zealand cave on plans for the world’s biggest marine reserve?

Russia doesn't like a proposal to protect 890,000 square miles of Antarctic waters, so New Zealand is looking to scale it back. What will the U.S. do?

John Upton Politics
Fracking fights spread to Europe

European leaders want to use fracking to emulate America's oil and gas boom. European citizens are not so happy about that idea.

John Upton Technology