Articles by John Upton
John Upton is a reporter at Climate Central.
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Endangered species could be screwed by rising seas
Sea-level rise could inundate the habitats of one out of every six endangered and threatened species in the U.S. Here's what we can do to help.
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Five years after Tennessee coal-slurry disaster, EPA has produced no new rules
In December 2008, a million gallons of fly-ash sludge polluted Tennessee land and rivers. Since then, the EPA has done little to protect Americans from similar accidents.
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First oil shale mine in U.S. is coming to Utah
As if we didn’t already have enough filthy, inefficient, unconventional oil-extraction techniques in use in North America, here’s one more.
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Stick it to ’em: Scientists call for labeling tar-sands oil
The E.U. is considering a system to label gasoline according to how much carbon it emits. Oil companies and Canada don't like the idea.