Articles by John Upton

John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.

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EPA is finally taking at least a small step to protect water supplies from fracking

The agency is now telling industry to be more careful when it pumps diesel underground as part of its cocktail of fracking fluids.

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U.S. whacks India with WTO complaint over its local solar program

India requires solar developers to get their panels from domestic producers. The U.S. says that discriminates against American companies.

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No rules governed tank that leaked coal-cleaning poison into W.Va. river

The tank, owned by Freedom Industries, was not regulated by state or federal safety regulations, officials said at a hearing on Monday.

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Maryland Gov. O’Malley protects poultry industry instead of Chesapeake Bay

O'Malley, a rising Democratic star with presidential ambitions, has made good moves on climate and energy, but he's in the pocket of Big Chicken.

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