Sabrina Shankman
@shankman.bsky.social
Reporting on climate change at The Boston Globe. Chasing my kids around southern Maine. Let’s talk about running, skiing and saving the planet. She/her.
Find me on Signal @ shankman.03
Find me on Signal @ shankman.03
It's that time of year again. We want to hear how your heat pump is holding up in the cold. Let us know! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/10/m...
Tell us: How is your heat pump holding up in the cold? - The Boston Globe
Do you live in New England and have a heat pump in your home? Tell us about your home heating situation.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
It's that time of year again. We want to hear how your heat pump is holding up in the cold. Let us know! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/10/m...
Mr. Rogers said to look for the helpers. As ICE surges into Maine, it hasn't been hard to find them. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/23/m...
‘The level of panic was very high’: As ICE arrived in Portland, neighbors mobilized to support immigrant families - The Boston Globe
Residents have stepped in to bring their children to school, run errands, deliver meals, and are even patrolling neighborhoods in search of immigration agents.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Mr. Rogers said to look for the helpers. As ICE surges into Maine, it hasn't been hard to find them. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/23/m...
I don't have the words for how intense it is to live in the Portland area right now. Thankfully, I get paid to ask questions, listen to people, and pass their words along. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...
Maine officials denounce ‘secret arrests’ in latest ICE operation - The Boston Globe
Officials from Lewiston to Portland expressed a common frustration that they are contending with as the administration remains steadfast in its determination to carry out its immigration agenda.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I don't have the words for how intense it is to live in the Portland area right now. Thankfully, I get paid to ask questions, listen to people, and pass their words along. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...
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82-year-old resident Charlotte Ikels was getting energy from a third-party electric supplier and paid double what she could have paid with a city program. It's time to end energy scams once and for all. Read more from
@shankman.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/s...
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@shankman.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/s...
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Overcharged: Mass. consumers say energy supplier is ‘soaking’ them with high bills - The Boston Globe
A class action lawsuit is targeting CleanChoice, a third-party energy supplier, alleging that the company is using deceptive practices to overstate how “clean” its energy supply is, while overcharging...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
82-year-old resident Charlotte Ikels was getting energy from a third-party electric supplier and paid double what she could have paid with a city program. It's time to end energy scams once and for all. Read more from
@shankman.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/s...
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@shankman.bsky.social in @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/s...
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Absolutely not.
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F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Material
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January 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Absolutely not.
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Over here "well, actually ..."-ing my way through the news cycle. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/s...
A judge overturned Trump’s permitting freeze for wind projects. Will that be enough to get the industry back on track? - The Boston Globe
Here in New England, where offshore wind had been on the cusp of taking off before Trump was elected, will this week’s ruling make any difference?
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December 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Over here "well, actually ..."-ing my way through the news cycle. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/09/s...
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Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
The Bay took over the highway during this morning's #KingTides in Marin.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.
I read this with my heart in my throat. Highly recommend @yabraham.bsky.social's series on what led Latarsha Sanders to murder her children and how the justice system failed her. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/m...
A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing ‘the crazy card.’ - The Boston Globe
Latarsha Sanders had the kind of psychotic break that speaks for itself. Or at least it should.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I read this with my heart in my throat. Highly recommend @yabraham.bsky.social's series on what led Latarsha Sanders to murder her children and how the justice system failed her. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/m...
Found this in my 6-year-old's backpack this morning.
"I like the Earth because it's a healthy world. I hope people take care of it."
Same, girl.
"I like the Earth because it's a healthy world. I hope people take care of it."
Same, girl.
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Found this in my 6-year-old's backpack this morning.
"I like the Earth because it's a healthy world. I hope people take care of it."
Same, girl.
"I like the Earth because it's a healthy world. I hope people take care of it."
Same, girl.
Live dangerously. Write a story about the loss of cold and snow in New England and put it on the front page as extreme cold rolls through.
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Live dangerously. Write a story about the loss of cold and snow in New England and put it on the front page as extreme cold rolls through.
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Despite the cold & snowy start this season. #NewEngland is warming faster than most regions worldwide, especially during winter. Check out the state-by-state breakdown below, AND the solid read from @shankman.bsky.social
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#mawx #riwx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
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#mawx #riwx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Despite the cold & snowy start this season. #NewEngland is warming faster than most regions worldwide, especially during winter. Check out the state-by-state breakdown below, AND the solid read from @shankman.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/04/s...
#mawx #riwx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
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#mawx #riwx #nhwx @bostonglobe.com
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Northern Lights peaking now in Mass! Get out there folks and look north!
#mawx #riwx #nhwx #boston @bostonglobe.com
#mawx #riwx #nhwx #boston @bostonglobe.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Northern Lights peaking now in Mass! Get out there folks and look north!
#mawx #riwx #nhwx #boston @bostonglobe.com
#mawx #riwx #nhwx #boston @bostonglobe.com
For 6 years, Boston and FEMA have been working on a plan to protect the Fort Point neighborhood from flooding.
Now, FEMA has rejected the grant application, blaming Boston, saying the city failed to send the right documents. Are they being gaslit?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Now, FEMA has rejected the grant application, blaming Boston, saying the city failed to send the right documents. Are they being gaslit?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Boston officials flummoxed by Trump administration’s rejection of federal funding for flood protections - The Boston Globe
A plan to prevent flooding in Fort Point is in limbo after FEMA denied Boston’s $10 million grant for a flood wall following six years of collaborative planning.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For 6 years, Boston and FEMA have been working on a plan to protect the Fort Point neighborhood from flooding.
Now, FEMA has rejected the grant application, blaming Boston, saying the city failed to send the right documents. Are they being gaslit?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Now, FEMA has rejected the grant application, blaming Boston, saying the city failed to send the right documents. Are they being gaslit?
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
New proposal would allow sewage and rainwater to be released into the Charles in perpetuity.
It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
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It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
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Dirty water, indeed: New proposal would allow continued sewage in the Charles - The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority has proposed reclassifying the Charles River to allow for continued releases of sewage.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
New proposal would allow sewage and rainwater to be released into the Charles in perpetuity.
It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/s...
It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/s...
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“For hundreds of years we’ve been bending water to our will,” my colleague @shankman.bsky.social told me for today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point about the threat that flooding poses to Massachusetts. Now “the water is pushing back.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/28/n...
‘The water is pushing back’: A Globe reporter on how rising seas and heavy rains threaten Mass. communities - The Boston Globe
Climate change is bringing about a wetter New England. In some Boston neighborhoods and Massachusetts towns, that future is already here.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“For hundreds of years we’ve been bending water to our will,” my colleague @shankman.bsky.social told me for today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point about the threat that flooding poses to Massachusetts. Now “the water is pushing back.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/28/n...
The floods are coming; the floods are here. I spoke with @ianprasad.bsky.social for today's Starting Point newsletter about a new project from @bostonglobe.com, "When the floods come," that's out today.
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‘The water is pushing back’: A Globe reporter on how rising seas and heavy rains threaten Mass. communities - The Boston Globe
Climate change is bringing about a wetter New England. In some Boston neighborhoods and Massachusetts towns, that future is already here.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The floods are coming; the floods are here. I spoke with @ianprasad.bsky.social for today's Starting Point newsletter about a new project from @bostonglobe.com, "When the floods come," that's out today.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/28/n...
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The numbers here are insane. A potential for three feet of rain. 165 mph winds. 10-12 feet of storm surge. And millions of people in harm's way. Just unfathomably scary.
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These maps detail Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic flooding, wind risks for Jamaica - The Boston Globe
This rare late-season Category 5 major hurricane is set to make landfall on Jamaica before impacting Cuba and Haiti in the coming days.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The numbers here are insane. A potential for three feet of rain. 165 mph winds. 10-12 feet of storm surge. And millions of people in harm's way. Just unfathomably scary.
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For only the second time in recorded history, an Atlantic season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes... the previous year was 2005. This puts 2025 in an elite class of hurricane seasons. It also means that nearly 7% of all known Category 5 hurricanes have occurred just in this year.
#Melissa
#Melissa
Melissa becomes third Category 5 hurricane of the extraordinary 2025 season
Updates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
For only the second time in recorded history, an Atlantic season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes... the previous year was 2005. This puts 2025 in an elite class of hurricane seasons. It also means that nearly 7% of all known Category 5 hurricanes have occurred just in this year.
#Melissa
#Melissa
Journalism is great but if anyone wants to team up and do jewel heists lmk.
(Don't tell the cops I said this)
(Don't tell the cops I said this)
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Journalism is great but if anyone wants to team up and do jewel heists lmk.
(Don't tell the cops I said this)
(Don't tell the cops I said this)
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Pleased to contribute data analysis and graphics to this Nicholas Kusnetz story for @insideclimatenews.org on the coal-fired power plant fleet it has helped build and finance beyond its own borders — notably in Indonesia.
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China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing. - Inside Climate News
Indonesia is one of the few countries still building new coal power plants, the most polluting sources of power. Chinese companies are playing a large role despite a pledge by Beijing to halt such sup...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pleased to contribute data analysis and graphics to this Nicholas Kusnetz story for @insideclimatenews.org on the coal-fired power plant fleet it has helped build and finance beyond its own borders — notably in Indonesia.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1910202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1910202...
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Today, the IUCN has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct 😞
This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia
The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago
This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia
The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today, the IUCN has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct 😞
This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia
The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago
This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia
The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago
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The entire city of Kotzebue, Alaska, is being evacuated for potential record coastal flooding. Kotzebue is the "hub" community for northwest Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social
kotzebue, alaska declared a mandatory evacuation order
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The entire city of Kotzebue, Alaska, is being evacuated for potential record coastal flooding. Kotzebue is the "hub" community for northwest Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social
In the midst of an unbearably shitty series of events, my family was faced with a choice: hunker down, or lean into the chaos.
We chose chaos, and her name is Gigi.
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We chose chaos, and her name is Gigi.
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Life is chaotic. Sometimes, chaos is an adorable dachshund. - The Boston Globe
Out tiny puppy is wreaking havoc on our family in just the way we need.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In the midst of an unbearably shitty series of events, my family was faced with a choice: hunker down, or lean into the chaos.
We chose chaos, and her name is Gigi.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/25/m...
We chose chaos, and her name is Gigi.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/25/m...
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NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
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As firings, delays in funding, and threats to eliminate the FEMA have erupted over the last several months, the director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency said he has been cautioning his staff and Governor Dan McKee to remain steady despite the political noise in Washington, D.C.
As R.I. navigates delays and cuts to FEMA money, uncertainty remains - The Boston Globe
“You know what’s concerning is, what’s going to happen next year? I just don’t know,” said Marc R. Pappas, the state’s emergency director.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
As firings, delays in funding, and threats to eliminate the FEMA have erupted over the last several months, the director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency said he has been cautioning his staff and Governor Dan McKee to remain steady despite the political noise in Washington, D.C.