Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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World’s biggest offshore wind farm won’t expand because of birds
Utilities have scrapped expansion plans for a wind farm off the coast of England because they can't satisfy government demands to protect a common bird.
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Can farmed fish go vegetarian?
Most farmed fish are fed pellets made of smaller fish -- not a great idea if you want to protect ocean ecosystems. So researchers are trying out alternative diets.
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These are dark days for the Arctic — literally
As ice and snow melt, the surface of the Arctic is getting darker, and that's causing it to absorb more heat. A new study finds this problem is worse than expected.
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Tea industry claims it will undertake heroic efforts to become more sustainable
The tea business can be pretty ugly, so tea giants now say they have a plan to get greener and turn tea into a "hero crop" by 2030.