Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Company to start slaughtering horses next week, despite arson and lawsuit
The Valley Meat Co. in New Mexico plans to begin killing horses for meat, unswayed by a legal challenge and an apparent arson attack.
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You get my drift? Pesticides cause big problems when they go where they’re not wanted
Too many pesticide-spraying crop dusters are accidentally missing their targets, killing neighbors' crops and making people sick.
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$100 million worth of natural gas goes up in flames every month in North Dakota
Drillers in the state don't have an easy way to get their natural gas to market, so nearly a third of it is being flared off, i.e. totally wasted.
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Thai tourist paradise wrecked by oil spill
Idyllic beaches in Thailand have been deserted after an oil pipeline ruptured, coating the shorelines with crude.
