Enviro reporter @BostonGlobe | Prof @COMatBU. Director of IntheWhalefilm.com, @Entangled_Film, @LobsterWar, @GladesmenFilm, @SacredCodFilm. Fellow @Niemanfdn.
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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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Right whale seen in Cape Cod Bay is now entangled in Canada waters
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"We are in extreme danger," says climate scientist Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), who warns that this summer "could be the hottest summer we've ever experienced in our lives, but it could also be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives."
Kalmus says he was forced to resign his job at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, where he worked for 15 years but faced growing pressure and censorship over his activism.
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If you missed our live storytelling event, "Stories from a Warming World," at WBUR's CitySpace last month, you can now watch it in full here:
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And if you’re anywhere near Brookline tomorrow night (6/5 at 7 pm), come by @booksmithtweets to catch me in conversation with @davabel about the book! brooklinebooksmith.com/event…
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Jun 4
Column: #Florida is flunking its Everglades pollution cleanup test, despite spending billions on the cleanup. My latest column for the @FLPhoenixNews also includes shout-outs to Run-DMC, Rip Van Winkle and Dudley Do-Right. floridaphoenix.com/2026/06/0…
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“As of Friday, the NIFC reported that some 2.4 million acres had burned in wildfires for which it had generated incident reports. That’s almost double the 10-year average for the time of year.” insideclimatenews.org/news/3…
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May 31
Hard to believe I’m even writing this.
Meteorological summer hasn’t even begun, yet Paris, France has already logged more days above 32°C (89.6°F) than its annual average.
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Controversial private jet expansion proposal at Hanscom faces setbacks as developers look to move project ahead commonwealthbeacon.org/envir… via @cwbeacon
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May 19
Boston hit a record 97° today. It's the hottest spring day in more than a century.
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May 18
The EPA Wants to Rescind Four Forever Chemical Limits in Drinking Water notus.org/climate-environmen…
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May 18
This event is free and open to all but please RSVP in advance: beyondplastics.org/events/br…
🏷️ @enckj, @davabel, @thenewpress, @booksmithtweets
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May 13
The #FortPoint Channel serves as the catchment area for slightly more than 10% of @bostonwater.bsky.social service area. CSOs are a significant problem for this body of water. These can’t be resolved quick enough!
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May 12
Why authorities are still dumping sewage into the Charles River
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Artists are trying to raise $10 million to illuminate the Tobin Bridge. Critics say it could harm the environment.
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May 6
Thanks to all the wizards on the business side of the @nytimes who have created and refined a business model that makes it possible for us journalists to cover the world. We're in their debt.
May 6
The @nytimes added 310,000 net new digital subscribers in the first quarter, surpassing 13.1 million total, the largest paid audience in the history of the paper. @katie_robertson nytimes.com/2026/05/06/busin…
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Everyone who cares about climate should understand this. Texas, with no pro-climate policies, has blown passed California in clean energy. In large part because Texas has less red tape and makes it easier to build.
May 6
Texas just passed California in utility-scale solar. And it's not close in wind or energy storage.
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Given the coming heatwaves, the world is about to get a preview of life in 2035 nytimes.com/2026/05/06/opini…
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"In the Whale" will be screening tomorrow night at the amazing @WNewtonCinema. I'll be there for a conversation about the film with the brilliant Boston Globe culture critic Chris Vognar. Tickets available here: westnewtoncinema.com/movie/b…
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RT @BrianMcHugh2011: Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ new record
431 parts per million
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