Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Canadian tar-sands oil could start flooding into Europe
The European Union is set to scrap rules that restrict the import of especially dirty, climate-changing fuels.
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U.S. and Canadian safety officials are freaked out about exploding trains
Transportation safety boards in the two countries issued urgent calls on Thursday for new rules to make oil-hauling trains less dangerous.
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Key enviro law suspended in California under drought emergency
When Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought, he quietly suspended parts of one of the state's landmark laws, the California Environmental Quality Act.
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Can clean energy replace a shuttered nuke plant in California?
Yes, definitely, say the state's cleantech leaders. They're joining enviros to push for more renewables instead of new natural-gas plants.