Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Nicaragua OKs plan for cross-country canal, environment be damned
Lawmakers have given a Hong Kong company rights to build a canal intended to rival Panama's. As you might imagine, there would be huge eco-downsides.
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Al Gore, raising the heat on Obama, calls Keystone an “atrocity”
The former veep has been joining other Democrats in calling on the president to get moving on climate change and say no to Keystone XL.
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Climate change 101 with Ernest Moniz: “Count.”
When a climate-skeptic congressman asked how we can be so sure that people are causing climate change, the energy secretary pointed to basic math.
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Batteries included: New wind turbines and solar panels come with built-in storage
Solar and wind systems need batteries to store power for when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. But why have two devices when you could have just one?
