David Abel

Jamaica Plain

Environmental Reporter at The Boston Globe

Enviro reporter @BostonGlobe | Prof @COMatBU. Director of https://t.co/u4mIpaPkQo, @Entangled_Film, @LobsterWar, @GladesmenFilm, @SacredCodFilm. Fellow @Niemanfdn.

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Importance of Tri for a Cure and supporting the cause

Feb 1, 2025 | wmtw.com | David Abel

This is *** Channel 8 WMTW editorial. Here's president and general manager David Abel. It is never too early to begin thinking about July and Maine Cancer Foundation's 18th edition of Try for *** Cure, the all women's triathlon at Southern Maine Community College. This event is Maine's largest fundraising triathlon, and this year will take place on Sunday, July 20th. Since its inception, this event has raised more than $24 million in the fight against cancer.
Editorial: Underscoring the importance of Inauguration Day

Jan 20, 2025 | wmtw.com | David Abel

This is *** Channel 8 WMTW editorial. Here's president and general manager David Abel. Monday is inauguration Day and at 12 noon Donald Trump will be sworn in as our country's 47th president. This marks the 60th presidential inauguration in our country's history, starting with George Washington on April 30, 1789. That is *** tradition spanning 236 years and one that symbolizes the peaceful transition of power.
Editorial: Does Portland really need another concert venue?

Jan 20, 2025 | wmtw.com | David Abel

This is *** Channel 8 WMTW editorial. Here's president and general manager David Abel. Mile Marker Investments and Live Nation have announced plans to build *** 66,000 square foot music venue that will hold 3300 people near the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. They say that this venue will host 125 events *** year. Is this really necessary? Portland is already home to Aura, the State Theater, the Civic Center, Merrill, and Thompson's Point.
Coastal storms have taken their toll. Now clam diggers face the ‘end of an era’ with closing of century-old plant. - The Boston Globe

Dec 8, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | David Abel

GLOUCESTER – For nearly a century, Neil Malick’s family hauled bushels of soft-shell clams from the mudflats around Boston Harbor to the state’s purification plant on Plum Island, where the shellfish soaked for three days in large seawater tanks to purge their slimy mantles of any contaminants.
Importance of passing the HEARTS Act

Nov 27, 2024 | wmtw.com | David Abel

In Maine, 33% of all deaths are attributed to sudden cardiac arrest. If passed, the legislation would put AED devices on all school campuses and ensure teachers and coaches are trained in CPR. In Maine, 33% of all deaths are attributed to sudden cardiac arrest.
Maine’s kelp forests, a foundation for marine life, face ‘widespread collapse’ as oceans warm - The Boston Globe

Nov 12, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | David Abel

In the first comprehensive study of Maine’s kelp in two decades, scientists have found a “widespread collapse” of the submerged forests along the state’s southern coast, confirming fears about the impact of warming ocean temperatures on the seaweed that is vital to the region’s fisheries.
Governor blocks creation of machine-gun range on Cape Cod

Sep 30, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Tonya Alanez |David Abel

Governor Maura Healey has nixed a controversial proposal to build a machine-gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod for use by the Massachusetts National Guard, a plan that was widely opposed by environmental groups, federal, state, and Barnstable County officials. The Massachusetts National Guard had proposed clearing 170 acres of dense forest to build a new range on the 15,000-acre base on the Upper Cape, one of only a few in the state where soldiers can drill with their weapons.
Tons of abandoned artificial turf raises questions about recycling promises - The Boston Globe

Jul 18, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | David Abel

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Two years ago, as local officials debated whether to replace the city’s high school athletic fields with new artificial turf, Superintendent Zach McLaughlin promised the school board that tens of thousands of square feet of the old turf would be recycled.
Boston struggles to persuade property owners to replace their lead pipes - The Boston Globe

Mar 19, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | David Abel |Taylor Brokesh

For years, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission urged college officials to replace the potentially dangerous pipe, but they didn’t do so until this month — after the Globe raised questions about it — didn’t tell students until shortly before, and never offered them bottled or filtered water.
World’s largest energy-efficient ‘passive house’ office building opens in Boston - The Boston Globe

Nov 16, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | David Abel

From a distance, the new skyscraper looks like any other generic glass tower looming over downtown Boston. But it’s the bowels of the building — in its curtains of glass, in its thickly insulated walls, and in its specially designed ventilation systems — that make it distinct from the others.

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5 Jun 25

Carbon dioxide levels usually peak in May, but 2025's reading was like no other https://t.co/hQMWe43ujb

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30 May 25

Trump’s cuts force the elimination of Mass. library access to academic databases and The Boston Globe https://t.co/zgScmqCeGW

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30 May 25

Average summer temps in Massachusetts have risen by 2.75 degrees Fahrenheit in past 55 years, according to new data https://t.co/jtawUrjRWz via @cwbeacon

David Abel

Articles

Importance of Tri for a Cure and supporting the cause

Editorial: Underscoring the importance of Inauguration Day

Editorial: Does Portland really need another concert venue?

Coastal storms have taken their toll. Now clam diggers face the ‘end of an era’ with closing of century-old plant. - The Boston Globe

Importance of passing the HEARTS Act

Maine’s kelp forests, a foundation for marine life, face ‘widespread collapse’ as oceans warm - The Boston Globe

Governor blocks creation of machine-gun range on Cape Cod

Tons of abandoned artificial turf raises questions about recycling promises - The Boston Globe

Boston struggles to persuade property owners to replace their lead pipes - The Boston Globe

World’s largest energy-efficient ‘passive house’ office building opens in Boston - The Boston Globe

Journalists covering the same region

Irene Rotondo

Roberto Scalese

Cailin Loesch

Lauren Young

Jen Lada

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