Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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U.S. will help electrify Africa, but will the energy be clean or dirty?
President Obama has launched a new Power Africa initiative to bring more electricity to the continent, but the details are fuzzy.
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Chinese wind power company charged with stealing American trade secrets
The U.S. Justice Department accuses the Chinese company of "corporate homicide" for stealing software from a U.S. company, leading to the loss of 500 jobs and $800 million.
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Centuries worth of CO2 emissions could be stored underground, but at what cost?
America's geologic basins might be able to hold 500 years worth of emissions, but it would be really tricky and pricey to make it happen.
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In win for fish, oil companies allowed to abandon old rigs
Offshore drilling rigs serve as artificial reefs, creating habitat for fish, so fisherman and enviros pushed for rule changes that would let some rigs be left in place.
