Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Arkansas tar-sands spill was an accident 60 years in the making
The oil pipeline that ruptured beneath Mayflower was defective when was laid in the 1940s. Why didn't Exxon know? Where else was the flawed piping used?
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Look what the gas and oil industry did to the Gulf of Mexico — again
Efforts to plug a retired natural gas well off Louisiana's coastline went awry this week, triggering a leak. Now there's an ugly sheen covering several square miles.
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Tar balls from wildfires worsening global warming
We already knew that climate change is aggravating wildfires. Now comes news that wildfires are aggravating climate change. Talk about a vicious cycle.
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Meat industry doesn’t want to tell you where your meat comes from
Big Meat is suing the USDA because it doesn't like rules that require country-of-origin labels and prohibit the mixing of meats from different countries.
