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
Forever in awe of scientists doing incredible things. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/07/s...
In the woods of Maine, searching for an answer to a ticking climate bomb - The Boston Globe
What if the answer to the world's methane problem was microscopic bugs on trees and in soils? Scientists are taking to the woods of Maine to find out.
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it's a real shitty situation. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/01/s...
A decade ago Haverhill pledged to stop polluting the Merrimack. It’s been releasing sewage in the river ever since. - The Boston Globe
A decade before a sewage main broke, dumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Merrimack River and closing beaches to swimming, the federal government and Haverhill signed a consent dec...
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Boston Harbor has become a fishing mecca after cleanup efforts: ‘There are fish everywhere’ - The Boston Globe
If you are of a certain age, you may remember a time when the only thing you could catch in Boston Harbor was an infection.
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Green crabs are eating up our ecosystem, so a coalition of scientists, chefs, entrepreneurs, fishermen, and legislators is working to create new markets them. The hope? That with enough momentum, we can eat our way out of this problem.
Green crabs will ruin the ecosystem. But not if we eat them first. - The Boston Globe
There's a push happening across New England to rebrand green crabs from an invasive pest — or at best, something that can be used for bait — to a must-have culinary ingredient.
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screams of the "if we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any," approach to covid ... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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It's still not known what caused the explosion at a Maine lumber mill last week, but for the town of Searsmont, it's a before-and-after kind of event. Here's what I saw when I was up there earlier this week. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/21/m...
‘It’s a beautiful thing to be from Maine’: A Searsmont explosion brings a community together - The Boston Globe
The cause of an explosion at a lumber mill remains under investigation, but seemingly everyone is touched by the tragedy.
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Years ago, I brought my baby with me to a City Council meeting to learn about the risks of emissions from South Portland's petroleum tank farms. Now that she's in first grade, we're getting some answers about what's in the air here, and it's not good. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/11/s...
There’s something in the air in South Portland, Maine (and it’s not good) - The Boston Globe
Residents of South Portland, Maine, are concerned about high levels of benzene, a carcinogen, measured near petroleum storage tanks in close proximity to their homes.
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Supreme Court to decide on throwing out dozens of climate change lawsuits
Supreme Court to decide on throwing out dozens of climate change lawsuits
The Trump administration and energy producers urged the Supreme Court to throw out lawsuits seeking to hold the companies liable for the costs of global climate change.
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I have devoted much of my weather & climate career to engaging with journalists--including 200-300 news media interviews per year, many of which involve recurring conversations to facilitate timely & contextually accurate coverage. This recent collapse has been stunning and deeply disconcerting.
Where are my east coast migraine people at?? You also feel this storm coming? 🫠
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
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The video of Fátima's arrest haunted me when I saw it last Friday because her screams captured the fears of the people I'd speaking to all week. No criminal record. Pursuing the legal process for asylum from Angola. A CNA heading off to work. And now — detained. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/s...
‘We’re not safe right now’: A nurse’s dramatic ICE arrest ignites fear in Maine’s immigrant communities - The Boston Globe
When ICE arrested of Fátima Lucas Henrique, the video of her screaming as agents pulled her from her vehicle resonated across the state.
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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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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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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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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... .
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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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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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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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.
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.
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
Northern Lights peaking now in Mass! Get out there folks and look north! #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...
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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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...
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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“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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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...
‘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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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. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/m...
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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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 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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