Articles by John Upton

John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.

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You don’t have to live on a coast to get flooded out by climate change

Landlocked Zimbabwe has been experiencing worsening droughts and worsening floods. Right now the floods are the big problem.

John Upton Climate & Energy
Russian enviro who criticized Olympics sentenced to three years of forced labor

Yevgeny Vitishko publicized the appalling environmental damage caused by Olympic preparations, and Russian officials didn't like that.

John Upton Culture
New York, California move to ban beauty products containing microbeads

The microscopic balls of hard plastic flow down drains, get into rivers and oceans, and enter the food chain. Yuck.

John Upton Culture
Oil spills break fishes’ hearts

BP's Deepwater Horizon spill messed with the heart function of tuna, according to research published on Valentine's Day.

John Upton Climate & Energy