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David Abel

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David Abel

@davabel

Enviro reporter @BostonGlobe | Prof @COMatBU. Director of IntheWhalefilm.com, @Entangled_Film, @LobsterWar, @GladesmenFilm, @SacredCodFilm. Fellow @Niemanfdn.

Jamaica Plain

Joined March 2010

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David Abel
@davabel
Dec 31, 2024
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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David Abel
@davabel
Jun 25, 2020
This is false on many levels. In 2016, the last year of Obama's presidency, Maine recorded a record lobster catch of more than 130 million pounds, which was worth a record $538 million.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Jun 25, 2020
Pres. Obama destroyed the lobster and fishing industry in Maine. Now it’s back, bigger and better than anyone ever thought possible. Enjoy your “lobstering” and fishing! Make lots of money!
David Abel
@davabel
Jun 20, 2020
This is devastating: "Our analysis shows that with the same actions actually taken by other nations large and small, from East and West, the U.S. could have prevented 70% to 99% of its Covid-19 deaths. This has been a needless tragedy." statnews.com/2020/06/19/fas… via @statnews
statnews.com
How many needless Covid-19 deaths were caused by delays in responding? Most of them
Some countries with the same information as the U.S. had at the start of the pandemic took earlier, decisive steps to quell the spread of SARS-CoV-2, leading to proportionally fewer deaths than the...
David Abel
@davabel
Jun 3, 2020
Concerned scientists from MIT passing out free masks at the rally on Boston Common.
David Abel
@davabel
Jan 21, 2021
On CNN now, @EdMarkey calls for the elimination of the filibuster.
David Abel
@davabel
Jan 3, 2022
What parts of downtown Boston looked like this morning, courtesy of a king tide. As seas rise, this will be the norm.
David Abel
@davabel
Jan 29, 2022
When a blizzard hits at high tide, this is what it looks like in a new neighborhood built at sea level, on landfill, in the bullseye of rising seas. This is Boston's Seaport.
David Abel
@davabel
Jul 5, 2020
This seems like the simplest action the federal government could have taken -- in March. If every American had these, we could open schools, much more of the economy could reopen. I just don't understand it.
Andy Slavitt 🇺🇦
@ASlavitt
Jul 5, 2020
By now every American should have access to N-95 quality masks. Every day that passes is a scandal & an epic failure of indifference of our government. Details to come soon. Follow here if interested.
David Abel
@davabel
Jun 25, 2020
Replying to @davabel
Moreover, the tariffs imposed by Trump on China, and their retaliation, have only made matters worse for lobstermen.
pressherald.com
China increases its U.S. lobster tariff, and dealers ‘can’t believe this is happening again’
The tariff on live lobster imports from the United States to China will rise from 25% to 35% on Sept. 1.
David Abel
@davabel
Jun 25, 2020
Replying to @davabel
Here's the lobster catch in the years leading up to 2016. Not that Obama had anything to do with it, but the lobster catch surged during his presidency.
David Abel
@davabel
Jun 25, 2020
Replying to @davabel
The opposite has been the case since Trump took over. While the lobster catch, and value, have remained relatively high for the first three years of Trump's presidency -- historically speaking -- both landings and value have been lower than during Obama's last year in office.
David Abel
@davabel
May 19, 2020
This is Cape Cod Bay right now. Your moment of zen.
David Abel
@davabel
Apr 17, 2022
Every big box store parking lot could have a solar canopy like this.
David Abel
@davabel
Jun 25, 2020
Replying to @davabel
This year has been among the worst in a long time for lobstermen, as the market for lobster has cratered during the pandemic.