Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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European leaders let cap-and-trade flounder
The European Union's carbon-trading system is no longer working effectively, and the E.U. parliament on Tuesday voted against fixing it.
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This apartment building comes with its own algae-fueled power supply
A new building in Hamburg, Germany, has a facade of panels that will grow microalgae, which will be used to produce biofuel and provide heat.
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Chevron ignored a decade of warnings before Richmond refinery explosion
The company knew about a corroding pipe at its refinery in the San Francisco Bay area, but didn't fix it -- and that's why the refinery exploded last August.
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Wind produces almost twice as much power as nuclear in California
During a windy hour this month, wind provided 17.5 percent of California's electricity supply. That followed a surge in wind power installations last year.
