
David Abel
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Enviro reporter @BostonGlobe | Prof @COMatBU. Director of https://t.co/u4mIpaPkQo, @Entangled_Film, @LobsterWar, @GladesmenFilm, @SacredCodFilm. Fellow @Niemanfdn.
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Joined March 2010
INUNDATION DISTRICT is an award-winning feature-length film about the implications of one city’s decision to ignore the threats posed by climate change and spend billions of dollars on building a new waterfront district — on landfill, at sea level.
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So you want the state to save your property from rising seas? There should be a price attached. Taxpayers should be allowed to use beaches if their money is used to save them.
bostonglobe.com
Taxpayers should be allowed to use beaches if their money is used to save them.
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RT @NiemanLab: More than 1,000 U.S. counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local jour….
niemanlab.org
The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.
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Less Snow Makes Trees Absorb Less Carbon
bu.edu
Over a decade of data demonstrate that in a warming climate, less snowpack in New England could disrupt tree growth and carbon uptake
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Carbon dioxide levels usually peak in May, but 2025's reading was like no other.
usatoday.com
A new record high for CO2 levels was set at Mauna Loa Observatory in May.
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Trump’s cuts force the elimination of Mass. library access to academic databases and The Boston Globe.
dankennedy.net
The Trump administration’s war on access to knowledge will result in the end of public library access in Massachusetts to a number of academic databases and The Boston Globe. The cuts take ef…
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Average summer temps in Massachusetts have risen by 2.75 degrees Fahrenheit in past 55 years, according to new data via @cwbeacon.
commonwealthbeacon.org
The 2.75 degrees Fahrenheit might sound like a small change in a state where temperatures can vary from below zero to around 100 degrees, but it is a very significant rise over the time period given...
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Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years.
washingtonpost.com
A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.
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Moore Vetoes Key Maryland Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environmental Justice Commitments
insideclimatenews.org
The governor nixed a series of high-profile bills that aimed to study the economic impacts of climate change, energy infrastructure and reparations, leaving advocates questioning his commitment to...
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Humpback Whales May Not See Their Most Dangerous Threats
nytimes.com
These gentle giants have poor eyesight and may not be able to see fishnets and boats with which they have fatal encounters.
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The world’s ice sheets just got a dire prognosis, and coastlines are going to pay the price.
cnn.com
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise even if the world pulls off the miraculous and keeps global warming...
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Endangered whales gave birth to few babies this year as population declines
apnews.com
A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct.
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A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US.
cnn.com
A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from collapse.
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Regional climate research center facing closure under proposed Trump budget.
wbur.org
“If you like to watch birds, if you like to fish, if you like to go on walks in the forest, then you probably would care that ecosystems research is being cut at the federal level,” said a co-direc...
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RT @drvolts: On Friday, I'm chatting with @MikeGrunwald about his upcoming book: We Are Eating the Earth. We're going to talk all about the….
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Maine lobster industry braces for economic fallout from tariffs
bostonglobe.com
As the peak of Maine’s lobster season inches closer, the industry and its advocates are frustrated by their inability to plan for what comes next.
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Maine fishermen chart new course after Trump's push to deregulate via @bangordailynews.
bangordailynews.com
The president's executive order promises to restore American fisheries to their former glory by shredding fishing regulations.
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GBH layoffs include 10 WORLD employees due to federal funding cuts via @BostonGlobe.
bostonglobe.com
The funding cuts are separate from the Trump administration’s efforts to cut federal financial support for public media, GBH chief executive Susan Goldberg said.
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Boston-area climate activists report visits from the FBI, calling them "intimidation.".
wbur.org
Local climate activists are on edge after people claiming to be FBI agents visited at least six at their homes on the same day in Greater Boston in March. Weeks later, the motivations behind these...
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