Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Climate change hurts women. Wall Street Journal sneers.
Democrats pointed out that climate change disproportionately affects women, especially poor women in developing countries. Right-wing media outlets thought that was funny.
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New Mexico county is first in the nation to ban all drilling and fracking
Mora County has also adopted a bill of rights asserting its local autonomy, essentially telling state and federal officials and corporations to piss off.
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Anti-Keystone ads banned by Facebook
CREDO tried to run an ad on Facebook calling on Mark Zuckerberg to pull his backing from a TV ad that talks up Keystone XL. Facebook nixed the CREDO ad.
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Frackers leaking less methane than previously believed, EPA says
The EPA has lowered its estimate of how much methane escapes during production of natural gas, but some scientists are skeptical of the rosy new figures.