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David Abel
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Environment reporter @BostonGlobe.com | Professor @COMatBU | Director of www.inthewhalefilm.com, www.inundationdistrict.com, www.entangled-film.com, www.lobsterwar.com, www.gladesmenfilm.com, etc. | Former fellow @Niemanfdn | More: www.davidsabel.com.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Nov 27
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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Logline: 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…
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 7h
Canada's Marineland threatens to kill 30 beluga whales if emergency government funding isn't approved share.google/CoJGEY5ghilm...
Defunct marine park threatens to kill 30 beluga whales if emergency government funding isn’t approved
The embattled park warned that the animals’ demise would be “a direct consequence of the minister’s decision.”
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 1d
Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

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Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 1d
Rising sea levels threaten over 100 million buildings.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
100 million buildings at risk from rising sea levels, warns report
Fossil fuel emissions need to be ‘curbed quickly’ to prevent millions of buildings from becoming a regular flood risk.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 12d
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life: Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 14d
Chicago Has Hundreds of Thousands of Toxic Lead Pipes—and Millions of Unspent Dollars to Replace Them
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Chicago Has Hundreds of Thousands of Toxic Lead Pipes—and Millions of Unspent Dollars to Replace Them - Inside Climate News
City officials on Monday said they plan to accelerate spending to replace lead service lines in 2026. The city also remains far behind telling Chicagoans of the health risks.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 16d
In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates

The president’s complaints about negative coverage undermine the rationales offered by his own officials.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...
In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 19d
Scientists take on Trump: these researchers are fighting back www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 20d
Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/clim...
Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections
They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · 27d
Offshore wind has no future in the U.S. under Trump administration, Interior Secretary says

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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Sep 5
On Monkey Island in Puerto Rico, Nahiri Rivera has had her share of harrowing experiences on the island. She’s been bitten, scratched, and peed on. “It can be so scary that you think you’re going to die,” she said ...

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A visit to Monkey Island: ‘It’s like another world.’ - The Boston Globe
The Puerto Rican island of Cayo Santiago is home to one of the world’s oldest and most unusual primate research colonies.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Sep 5
On Monkey Island in Puerto Rico, Nahiri Rivera has had her share of harrowing experiences on the island. She’s been bitten, scratched, and peed on. “It can be so scary that you think you’re going to die,” she said ...

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A visit to Monkey Island: ‘It’s like another world.’ - The Boston Globe
The Puerto Rican island of Cayo Santiago is home to one of the world’s oldest and most unusual primate research colonies.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Sep 5
Democrat launches green-focused Maine Senate campaign

A brewery owner is one of a growing number of Democrats seeking to oust Susan Collins.

www.eenews.net/articles/dem...
Democrat launches green-focused Maine Senate campaign
A brewery owner is one of a growing number of Democrats seeking to oust Susan Collins.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Sep 5
States and developer sue the Trump administration for halting work on New England offshore wind farm apnews.com/article/trum...
States and developer sue the Trump administration for halting work on New England offshore wind farm
Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Aug 27
Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding apnews.com/article/clim...
Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding
Scientists are criticizing two key documents from the Trump administration that challenge the idea that climate change endangers the public.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Aug 26
New England grid operator warns Trump’s pause on wind farm risks system’s reliability thehill.com/policy/energ...
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Aug 25
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · Aug 20
More electric bill increases are coming. When you suppress wind and solar, you force the grid to call up expensive fossil fuel plants that set rates higher, and the higher costs land in your utility bills.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump tariffs and green energy rollbacks push household electricity bills up 10%
US energy secretary said energy prices could hurt GOP in midterms, but blamed Democrats for price increases
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Politico @politico.com · Aug 19
Meet the Maine oyster farmer looking to challenge Sen. Susan Collins.
Maine oyster farmer wants to upend Democratic politics with Senate bid
Graham Platner wants to oust Sen. Susan Collins — and disrupt national Dems’ plans to unite around Gov. Janet Mills.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Aug 18
A manatee is swimming in the waters off Cape Cod share.google/BsjcckqM16nO...
Cape Cod manatee spotted again as experts try to keep tabs on warm water animal's health
Cape Cod waters are too cold for manatees, experts said. There have been just four manatee sightings in Massachusetts in 17 years.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Aug 14
Without changes to lobstering, right whales face extinction www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/13/o...
Letter: Without changes to lobstering, right whales face extinction
"Since 90 percent of the lobster industry is in Maine and getting entangled in fishing gear is a primary killer of right whales, it stands to reason that Maine fishing gear has contributed to more tha...
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Aug 6
Why one epidemiologist won’t let his kids play on artificial turf fields www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Why one epidemiologist won’t let his kids play on artificial turf fields
A turf war is raging over artificial grass. Here’s how nervous parents can navigate it.
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Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability @bu-igs.bsky.social · Aug 5
A Boston couple received $8,000 — covering ~90% of their costs — to install a #GreenRoof, which uses plants to absorb stormwater, improve insulation & reduce #electricity costs. The city is seeking more applicants 🌿

Full story by IGS affiliate @davabel.bsky.social & student Tavishi Chattopadhyay ⬇️
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Jul 31
Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants — a story I worked on with one of my students at BU. commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/bosto...
Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants - CommonWealth Beacon
Boston Water and Sewer Commission has had a hard time persuading residents to take them up on their offer to help subsidize green  roofs to reduce stormwater runoff.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Jul 31
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Jul 31
Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants — a story I worked on with one of my students at BU. commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/bosto...
Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants - CommonWealth Beacon
Boston Water and Sewer Commission has had a hard time persuading residents to take them up on their offer to help subsidize green  roofs to reduce stormwater runoff.
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David Abel @davabel.bsky.social · Jul 29
GOP May Kill Ban On Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge
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