Articles by John Upton

John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.

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Manhattan to see more killer heat waves

Climate change is expected to boost the number of deaths in New York City's most densely populated borough, a new study finds.

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More than 100,000 electric vehicles now on the roads in U.S.

Sales of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S helped the industry reach this milestone. Meanwhile, Tesla plans to repay a government loan nine years early.

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Nation’s biggest uranium mine planned in New Mexico

Companies from Japan and Canada want to build the mine on land held sacred by Native Americans, and the U.S. Forest Service may just say OK.

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BP, Shell, Statoil accused of fixing oil prices

European officials have raided the oil companies' offices, and now a U.S. senator wants an investigation launched on this side of the pond.

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