Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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One nuke plant in Wisconsin will shutter, another in California might not be switched back on
Low-priced natural gas doomed the Wisconsin plant, while maintenance problems plague the San Onofre nuke facility along the Pacific coast.
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Beware: Rough wildfire season ahead
Firefighters are bringing a blaze in the Santa Monica Mountains under control, but many more such fires are expected in the West this year.
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Canadian tar-sands exec: ‘We do need Keystone’
Contrary to what the U.S. State Department says, the head of an oil-sands company insists that the industry needs the pipeline to help it expand.
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Hawaii could be hit by more hurricanes as climate changes
There may be fewer tropical cyclones in the Pacific in the future, but those that do form are expected to be stronger and more likely to strike Hawaii.