Articles by John Upton

John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.

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Researchers find that ‘wind turbine syndrome’ is bogus

Complaints about turbine-caused illness tend to surface after wind-energy opponents have made a stink and caused people to worry.

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Louisiana pipeline fire, now extinguished, sickened residents

One out of every 10 residents of a nearby town say pollution from the pipeline accident and the resulting days-long fire made them sick.

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BP can bid on new Gulf drilling leases, but will it be allowed to drill?

After being barred from bidding on Gulf of Mexico drilling leases as punishment for the Deepwater Horizon spill, BP is now back in action -- kind of.

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Obama: Let’s fund clean car technology with oil and gas royalties

The president wants to spend $2 billion over the next decade to research ways to power cars without oil, funded by offshore drilling royalties.

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