David Abel
@davabel.bsky.social
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 | sizzle
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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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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Two more days until the premiere of our new film, "The Petal Pusher," at the @docnycfest.bsky.social. There are still a few tickets left!
See more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
🎟️ Tickets are available here:
www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYCfest
See more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
🎟️ Tickets are available here:
www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYCfest
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Two more days until the premiere of our new film, "The Petal Pusher," at the @docnycfest.bsky.social. There are still a few tickets left!
See more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
🎟️ Tickets are available here:
www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYCfest
See more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
🎟️ Tickets are available here:
www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYCfest
Reposted by David Abel
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.
vimeo.com/716779520
vimeo.com/716779520
Inundation District | sizzle
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…
vimeo.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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.
vimeo.com/716779520
vimeo.com/716779520
Small towns, high tides: Across Mass., coastal communities grapple with rising seas.
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Revere, Squantum, Hull, and Taunton grapple with floods
Most coastal towns have only a few options: Build a barrier, find new ways to live with water, do nothing, or retreat. But each place has its own needs, politics and geography. There’s no one-size-fit...
apps.bostonglobe.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Small towns, high tides: Across Mass., coastal communities grapple with rising seas.
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr... via @BostonGlobe
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr... via @BostonGlobe
Reposted by David Abel
Join us for the World Premiere of THE PETAL PUSHER on 11/12 at @ifccenter.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A with Director @davabel.bsky.social .
Get your tix: www.docnyc.net/film/shorts-...
Get your tix: www.docnyc.net/film/shorts-...
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Join us for the World Premiere of THE PETAL PUSHER on 11/12 at @ifccenter.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A with Director @davabel.bsky.social .
Get your tix: www.docnyc.net/film/shorts-...
Get your tix: www.docnyc.net/film/shorts-...
Lobster population falls off New England, leading regulators to declare overfishing
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Lobster population falls off New England, leading regulators to declare overfishing
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission says it now considers overfishing of lobsters to be occurring, and that could bring new management measures that restrict fishermen from catching them i...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Lobster population falls off New England, leading regulators to declare overfishing
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, world's rarest marine mammal search.app/uPpdx
Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, world’s rarest marine mammal
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October 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Scientists spot vaquita calves in Mexico, world's rarest marine mammal search.app/uPpdx
Reposted by David Abel
📅 🎟️ Registration is open for the 11/7 @misibu.bsky.social
Communicating Climate Summit, convening leaders from #government, #academia, #journalism & #activism to explore #climate communication across platforms & sectors: www.bu.edu/articles/202... @ericbot73.bsky.social @davabel.bsky.social
Communicating Climate Summit, convening leaders from #government, #academia, #journalism & #activism to explore #climate communication across platforms & sectors: www.bu.edu/articles/202... @ericbot73.bsky.social @davabel.bsky.social
Communicating Climate Is the Focus of Inaugural Boston University Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact Summit
COM’s November 7 event will feature policy experts, scholars, communicators—and a circus acrobat
www.bu.edu
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
📅 🎟️ Registration is open for the 11/7 @misibu.bsky.social
Communicating Climate Summit, convening leaders from #government, #academia, #journalism & #activism to explore #climate communication across platforms & sectors: www.bu.edu/articles/202... @ericbot73.bsky.social @davabel.bsky.social
Communicating Climate Summit, convening leaders from #government, #academia, #journalism & #activism to explore #climate communication across platforms & sectors: www.bu.edu/articles/202... @ericbot73.bsky.social @davabel.bsky.social
If Massachusetts can’t fix floody Morrissey Blvd., how will it keep all our roads and rails dry
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
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Morrissey Blvd. floods multiple times a year. It's a symptom of a statewide problem.
The Dorchester parkway, one of Boston’s starkest examples of climate impacts, is inundated multiple times a year.
apps.bostonglobe.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If Massachusetts can’t fix floody Morrissey Blvd., how will it keep all our roads and rails dry
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, killed by the Trump administration, has relaunched outside of the government and shows that the first six months of 2025 have been the most expensive first six months of any year since 1980.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...
Trump ‘retired’ a database tracking the most expensive weather disasters. Now it’s back — and finding over $100 billion in losses | CNN
The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration ”retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government — and found the most expensive half-year on record.
www.cnn.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, killed by the Trump administration, has relaunched outside of the government and shows that the first six months of 2025 have been the most expensive first six months of any year since 1980.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...
“The lunatics are running the asylum, and industry is firmly in charge of chemical safety. They will stop at nothing to reverse the progress that we’ve made in recent years on toxic chemicals.”
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US Senate poised to approve industry lobbyist to lead chemical safety at EPA
If Douglas Troutman is confirmed, the top four toxics office at the environmental agency will be held by ex-lobbyists
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“The lunatics are running the asylum, and industry is firmly in charge of chemical safety. They will stop at nothing to reverse the progress that we’ve made in recent years on toxic chemicals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/c...
The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/c...
They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
October 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
North Atlantic right whales show promising population growth, scientists report apnews.com/article/righ...
One of the world's rarest whales that makes the Atlantic its home grows in population
Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
North Atlantic right whales show promising population growth, scientists report apnews.com/article/righ...
Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...
Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped by a Record Amount, U.N. Says www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/c...
With new grant cuts coming, New England scientists struggle with shutdown @BostonGlobe
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/s...
New England scientists face ‘chaos and confusion’ amid new round of funding cuts - The Boston Globe
Since the federal shutdown began, scientists and researchers across New England say they have been stuck in a state of quasi-paralysis.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
With new grant cuts coming, New England scientists struggle with shutdown @BostonGlobe
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/s...
Reposted by David Abel
New York Is Going to Flood. Here’s What the City Can Do to Survive... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What New York Can Do to Survive Flooding
Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
New York Is Going to Flood. Here’s What the City Can Do to Survive... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
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www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Republicans target the Marine Mammal Protection Act, potentially threatening the North Atlantic right whale and other endangered species.
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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...
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October 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Republicans target the Marine Mammal Protection Act, potentially threatening the North Atlantic right whale and other endangered species.
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I'm excited to share that my new film, "The Petal Pusher," will premiere next month at DOC NYC. At its heart, this is a story about love, loss, and family.
See the trailer and more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
Tickets here: www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYC
See the trailer and more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
Tickets here: www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYC
October 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm excited to share that my new film, "The Petal Pusher," will premiere next month at DOC NYC. At its heart, this is a story about love, loss, and family.
See the trailer and more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
Tickets here: www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYC
See the trailer and more about the film at www.petalpusherfilm.com.
Tickets here: www.docnyc.net/.../shorts.....
#docnyc2025, #DOCNYC
There were 95 large whale entanglementS documented in 2024—a significant increase from the year before and higher than the historical average of 71.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
NOAA Announces Confirmed U.S. Large Whale Entanglement Numbers for 2024
There were 95 large whale entanglement cases documented in 2024—an increase from 2023 and higher than the historical average.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
There were 95 large whale entanglementS documented in 2024—a significant increase from the year before and higher than the historical average of 71.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
Nothing like the golden hour over Cape Cod Bay.
October 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Nothing like the golden hour over Cape Cod Bay.
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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October 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Canada's Marineland threatens to kill 30 beluga whales if emergency government funding isn't approved share.google/CoJGEY5ghilm...
Rising sea levels threaten over 100 million buildings.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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.
www.euronews.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Rising sea levels threaten over 100 million buildings.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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/...