John Upton
@johnupton
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Climate journalist. No longer on Twitter.
New Jersey, USA
Joined December 2008
RT @beecycles: Flagstaff, AZ's cooler #climate "haven," set a new temp record yesterday of 84 deg. That's a lot hotter than its schools we….
azcentral.com
As fall temperatures warm in Flagstaff, so do conditions inside schools, most of which lack air conditioning, putting students at risk.
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RT @j_e_n_a_b: It'll be five years before all Detroit schools have air conditioners. Until then, school will be let out early on days with….
bridgedetroit.com
Days over 90 degrees on the heat index are expected to quadruple over the next two decades, meaning more closures for Detroit public schools.
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RT @dailyyonder: Two summers ago, on the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis. Dozens of people died….
dailyyonder.com
This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news
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RT @ezraromero: Schools in Deep Water: Bay Area Faces Uphill Battle Against Climate Change. The “razor-thin margin” between dry land and th….
kqed.org
More than 50 Bay Area public schools already face flood risk as the effects of human-caused climate change raise water levels in San Francisco Bay.
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RT @ClimateCentral: FloodVision's "Edge of America" tour is in full swing. Our fully electric FloodRover is collecting elevation data from….
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RT @j_e_n_a_b: New story collaboration with @ClimateCentral: Black Detroit children with asthma hardest hit by seasonal allergies exacerbat….
bridgedetroit.com
The problems are exacerbated by worsening seasonal allergies as heat-trapping pollution drives temperatures upward.
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This is the exact right book for this precise moment in climate and energy history, written by one of my favorite energy journalists, @AkshatRathi.
📙 It's been a wait, but in two weeks readers in the US and Canada can get copies of Climate Capitalism with a new cover! PS: I'm coming to the US in April. Please write to me if you'd like to figure out a book event: akshat.rathi@proton.me 🙏
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RT @Documentedny: .@Documentedny's Rommel Ojeda and @ClimateCentral's John Upton have received third place in the 2023 Shaufler Prize in Jo….
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RT @dailyyonder: Besides physical effects, wildfire smoke can create economic anxiety, isolation, and despair. In rural areas, scientists s….
dailyyonder.com
Wildfire smoke can create economic anxiety, isolation, and despair. In rural areas, scientists see a link between smoke and suicide rates.
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RT @MunroeLab: NJ's lucrative #surfclam fishing industry is threatened by climate change - and the wind farms meant to fight it https://t.c….
njspotlightnews.org
Surfside Foods, Cape May County and other groups recently sued federal regulators over what they argued was insufficient analysis of the overall environmental impacts from the nascent energy industry...
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RT @JMMeszaros: In partnership with @johnupton of @ClimateCentral, a story on how global warming leads to wetter storms & more mold health….
wusf.org
"He would be out of town for a week and be fine where he was staying for work, and come home and literally spend the weekend in the hospital," said Kendra Elliott about her fiancé who suffered from...
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As warming amplifies rainfall, storms and flooding, indoor mold is taking a growing toll on Americans' health. It can even kill. @ClimateCentral and @wusf investigated in southwestern Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian, which struck nearly a year ago.
wusf.org
"He would be out of town for a week and be fine where he was staying for work, and come home and literally spend the weekend in the hospital," said Kendra Elliott about her fiancé who suffered from...
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As the rest of the country scrambles for more qualified solar workers, it can learn a lot from the success story in Nevada. "You make better money," a journeywoman told us. "It’s better for the environment.". A @KUNRPublicRadio & @ClimateCentral collab.
kunr.org
Phasing out fossil fuels requires a lot of clean energy infrastructure like solar farms. And one sun-soaked part of the Mountain West is grabbing a share of that green gold rush by retraining workers...
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"It’s not like one kind of mosquito is living longer, but there are more days in the year that are suitable for a mosquito to be alive.". First in a 2-part @ClimateCentral + @ThePressofAC collaboration examining links between climate change and mosquitoes.
pressofatlanticcity.com
Because of the heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel emissions, mosquitoes are here longer. By analyzing temperature and humidity trends from a station at Atlantic City International Airport, science...
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NYT hired some of the best climate journalists in the world and siloes their expertise as if it's some cutesy special interest.
ANOTHER New York Times article about extreme heat that does not mention global warming or the burning of fossil fuels. It is the job of journalists not just to tell people that they are suffering, but to explain why and show who and what is responsible for the problem.
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