Barbara Moran
Science journalist, swimmer, mom of two boys. I work at WBUR in Boston but all posts are my own (especially the funny ones).
- This is surprising! www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...
- Vineyard Wind is 95% complete...I wonder how much longer until it's done
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- Great explainer by Fred Hewitt. Also, my energy bill = 😱https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/27/massachusetts-clean-energy-natural-gas-mass-save-frederick-hewett
- Chemical spill? Mine waste? Nope - one of the more vivid effects of climate change 👇https://www.npr.org/2025/12/16/nx-s1-5639224/arctic-climate-change-noaa-report
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- Three cheers for local journalism (especially the Brookline News)
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- It's not every lead-pipe-replacement story that involves @edmarkey.bsky.social getting twitter-trolled by the EPA Administrator. Or maybe that's the new normal? www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
- OK, here's a climate change effect that I didn't see coming...rivers in Alaska turning orange! Ew. Read all about it here 👇 www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...
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- One of the biggest dorms in the country is getting a climate-friendly-makeover! (The outside won't look much better, but hey - can't judge a book by its cover and all that.) www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
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- I still can't handle that this thing was built with no insulation... www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
- Most enthusiastic Warren Towers alum award goes to... WBUR's Dan Guzman! 😂 @dgquovadimus.bsky.social
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- Great article about the challenges of managed retreat by my colleague @vivianla.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
- great reporting by @miriamwasser.bsky.social
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- News u can use!
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- EPA officials say the furloughs are "intentional." But the employees we spoke to called them "chaotic." One employee, a veteran of multiple shutdowns, told me: "It makes me nostalgic for Trump 1.0." www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
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- Great reporting by @allyjar.bsky.social And also, ew gross. www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
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- Get heat pumps, save money! Useful info from @miriamwasser.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
- MIT says "Nope! to Trump "college compact" plan. Here's MIT prez Sally Kornbluth: "fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." Full statement here 👇 orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
- Really important reporting www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
- I feel for these street trees! City living gets me stressed out, too. Fascinating piece by @vivianla.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
- So much for those clean energy grants...In Massachusetts, $466 million to support more than two dozen projects is being rescinded. Gov Healey calls the Trump administration move "vindictive." www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
- For everyone with a love/hate/love/hate/dammit! Why?!/ relationship with the Sox, this essay by my friend @bertoscalese.bsky.social is for you: ⚾️ www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
- Hello friends of WBUR - it's fundraising time! Donate here if you value independent local journalism WITH NO PAYWALL! 💪 (Also...we have some pretty sweet swag this time!) Thank you! 🙂 donate.wbur.org/secure/give
- Come work in our newsroom! It’s fun!
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- Both Jimmy Kimmel AND offshore wind get a reprieve. (Though @miriamwasser.bsky.social is only following offshore wind for now...) www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
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- Less than two weeks before those EV bucks go bye-bye... www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
- Big congrats to @miriamwasser.bsky.social who just won a national award from @coveringclimatenow.org. Please read her marvelous reporting 👇👇👇 on a fisherman’s nonprofit in Maine turbocharged with funding from a prominent rightwing billionaire. www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...
- Yesterday my colleague @miriamwasser.bsky.social won a big award (more on that in another post), then she was up before dawn reporting on this 👇https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/19/southcoast-wind-permit-seek-to-revoked-trump
- www.wbur.org/news/2025/09... my colleague @twallack.bsky.social is playing the long game! Go Todd! 💪💪
- dogged reporting by my colleague @vivianla.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
- Great reporting by Walt Wuthmann www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
- Two important stories from my colleague @vivianla.bsky.social on Trump grant cuts hitting home. Here's the first, about vanishing environmental data 👇 www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
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- We got this 💪
- Burying climate change reports isn't going to make climate change go away. Just sayin. www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
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- Solutions! www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...
