Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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U.S. government paid $17 billion for weather-withered crops last year
A lot of that expense could have been avoided if the Federal Crop Insurance Program encouraged farmers to use conservation-oriented techniques, says NRDC.
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Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant to shutter
More bad news for the nuclear industry: Entergy Corp. announced Tuesday that it will power down the plant next year.
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Wind turbines don’t hurt property values
The most comprehensive study to date finds that the construction of wind farms near homes does not lower home sale prices.
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Vanishing ocean smell could also mean fewer clouds
As oceans become acidic, they produce less of that ocean scent, which contains compounds that help clouds form. And that means more sunlight and more global warming.
