Eve Zuckoff
Climate/environment ReporterEve Zuckoff covers the environment and human impacts of climate change for CAI. After contributing to a 10-part-investigative podcast produced by WBUR and the Boston Globe and working as a producer on Radio Boston, the Boston University alum joined CAI as a Report for America Corps member in 2019. Today, as a three-time PMJA-winner and staff reporter, her stories on rising temperatures, North Atlantic right whales, transportation, wastewater, and coastal threats and innovations can frequently be heard on GBH and NPR.
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This week: President Biden signs bill that puts $350 million toward new Cape Cod bridges. A beachfront home on Nantucket has sold for just $600,000, a bargain considering last year’s median sale price on the island was just under $3 million. The only catch: it’s not clear how long it’ll last on a fast-eroding shoreline. And finally, a man walks away from a local diner — with a million dollar scratch ticket.
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According to officials, the closure will impact some recreational shellfishermen, the city of New Bedford, which had hoped to open up an aquaculture industry within the Clark's Cove area, and two quahog harvesters — effective immediately.
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O’Brien theorized that the whale may have traveled from the West Coast through waters north of Canada and down the Maine coast.
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Fishermen have 90 days to show they’ve historically used the lease area and a third party administrator — with the help of fishing representatives — will decide how to divide up a $19.1 million pot through the Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation Program to Massachusetts fishermen.
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The New England Aquarium (NEAQ) recently spotted 31 right whales across two groups in the Great South Channel, which is east of Nantucket and Cape Cod.
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On the Cape, Hyannis Fire Chief Peter Burke said he heard a few anecdotal reports about locals who saw “SOS” messages displayed on the status bar of their phones.
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Attorneys estimate that more than 100 who’ve already joined the case were exposed to the so-called “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, thyroid diseases, fertility issues and more while working with firefighting foam on or around Joint Base Cape Cod.
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The whale, known as "5120," was found on an Edgartown beach with rope deeply embedded in her tail. Earlier this month, officials attributed her death to chronic entanglement wounds.
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Scientists have been watching the critically endangered right whale, which was recently found dead on Martha’s Vineyard, since she was born three years ago. From Florida to Newfoundland, they have more than 30 records of her. This is the story a right whale’s life, and its potential lasting impact.
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During a post-mortem exam known as a necropsy, experts from the International Fund for Animal Welfare noted how thin the young female was, with rope deeply embedded in her tail.