Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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America’s first carbon-trading program can boast some impressive numbers
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative collected about $1 billion from 2009 to 2012 and is expected to save $2 billion in lowered energy bills.
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You might see fewer oil trains on the tracks, thanks to a new emergency order
But new rules still don't go nearly far enough to protect communities along rail lines from explosions and fires.
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Feds will help honeybees find food
The government will spend $3 million to encourage farmers and ranchers to provide nutritious honeybee nectar in the Midwest.
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L.A. and California lawmakers move to impose fracking moratoriums
Some leaders in Los Angeles and Sacramento are fed up with fracking, which sucks up lots of water even as the state is suffering through a drought.
