Jason Westrope
@jwestrope.bsky.social
Focused on sustainability, transit oriented urban development, green buildings, renewable energy, energy efficiency, green roofs and a healthier planet.
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Just out: new New Jersey state sea-level rise assessment
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
NJ Sea Level Rise Reports – New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center
njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just out: new New Jersey state sea-level rise assessment
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
Under current global emissions trends, New Jersey is likely to experience 1.5-2.5 ft of sea-level rise between 2005 and 2070, 2.2-3.8 ft by 2100 (or 2.2-4.5 ft, considering potential ice-sheet collapse).
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🧵A veteran speaks out on Trump this Veteran's Day.
"There is not a single man or woman in uniform who signed up to deploy to American cities for this mission. There is no honor in this service. "
"Wantonly deploying our service members to do the bidding of a dictatorial regime...
(Gift article)
"There is not a single man or woman in uniform who signed up to deploy to American cities for this mission. There is no honor in this service. "
"Wantonly deploying our service members to do the bidding of a dictatorial regime...
(Gift article)
Why this isn’t a happy Veterans Day
OPINION: With the military being used to occupy American cities, honoring veterans without acknowledging unlawful deployment stateside is a disservice to the nation, Joseph Holsworth writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🧵A veteran speaks out on Trump this Veteran's Day.
"There is not a single man or woman in uniform who signed up to deploy to American cities for this mission. There is no honor in this service. "
"Wantonly deploying our service members to do the bidding of a dictatorial regime...
(Gift article)
"There is not a single man or woman in uniform who signed up to deploy to American cities for this mission. There is no honor in this service. "
"Wantonly deploying our service members to do the bidding of a dictatorial regime...
(Gift article)
My Senator @durbin.senate.gov has gone from our elder statesman, a wise and stalwart defender of all of Illinois’ citizens down to “capitulator-in-chief”. I used to respect him but he has terribly tarnished his reputation in these last 10 months with some weak ass votes.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My Senator @durbin.senate.gov has gone from our elder statesman, a wise and stalwart defender of all of Illinois’ citizens down to “capitulator-in-chief”. I used to respect him but he has terribly tarnished his reputation in these last 10 months with some weak ass votes.
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If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If Chuck Schumer was a stronger leader, he would have been able to convince most of these senators to hold the line.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
I’m terribly disappointed in him.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The Trump administration f’s up EVERYTHING. Maybe offer the ICE signing bonuses to recruit new cohorts of air traffic controllers. It’s about priorities.
Aged like roadkill in RFK’s trunk.
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Trump administration f’s up EVERYTHING. Maybe offer the ICE signing bonuses to recruit new cohorts of air traffic controllers. It’s about priorities.
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If your senator doesn’t take messages, send them a note via their online contact forms.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If your senator doesn’t take messages, send them a note via their online contact forms.
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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov PLEASE don’t cave on this shut down. It’s all the leverage we have and anyone caving will look incredibly weak and lose ANY credibility. Don’t blow this. This is Donald Trumps shutdown.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov PLEASE don’t cave on this shut down. It’s all the leverage we have and anyone caving will look incredibly weak and lose ANY credibility. Don’t blow this. This is Donald Trumps shutdown.
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At no point was Biden sleeping for 20 minutes during a LIVE press conference.
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
At no point was Biden sleeping for 20 minutes during a LIVE press conference.
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It is not a useful observation or anything but it is still pretty wild that COP30 is starting in Brazil and the richest country in the world, second-largest emitter, and largest cumulative emitter of greenhouse gases just... isn't there.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It is not a useful observation or anything but it is still pretty wild that COP30 is starting in Brazil and the richest country in the world, second-largest emitter, and largest cumulative emitter of greenhouse gases just... isn't there.
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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The brutal nature of the policy was a feature, not a bug. They wanted to emphasized that immigrants had no rights.
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The brutal nature of the policy was a feature, not a bug. They wanted to emphasized that immigrants had no rights.
Bovino is the worst of us. An enabler of hate who executes unlawful orders joyfully and relishes in his little bit of fleeting power. A snake. A rat. All the worst metaphors apply here.
Lawyers are about to play portions of U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino's deposition.
Ellis asks if it's fair to say Black's experience has "placed a burden" on his faith?
Black: "Absolutely, yes."
Black: "Absolutely, yes."
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Bovino is the worst of us. An enabler of hate who executes unlawful orders joyfully and relishes in his little bit of fleeting power. A snake. A rat. All the worst metaphors apply here.
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In Salem, as in most Massachusetts communities, 90% of residential lots are smaller than current zoning’s minimum lot size requirements.
In other words, most of the homes that make up the neighborhoods we love today couldn’t be built under modern zoning rules.
In other words, most of the homes that make up the neighborhoods we love today couldn’t be built under modern zoning rules.
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In Salem, as in most Massachusetts communities, 90% of residential lots are smaller than current zoning’s minimum lot size requirements.
In other words, most of the homes that make up the neighborhoods we love today couldn’t be built under modern zoning rules.
In other words, most of the homes that make up the neighborhoods we love today couldn’t be built under modern zoning rules.
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Ahead of COP30, I looked at the legacy of the Paris Agreement for this weekend's @theglobeandmail.com.
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A decade after the Paris Agreement, the clean economy is winning
As the world’s climate negotiators gather in Brazil, they must understand that the energy transition is now inevitable
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ahead of COP30, I looked at the legacy of the Paris Agreement for this weekend's @theglobeandmail.com.
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Surprise! I found that the energy transition I've spent 20 years tracking is going to be the best mechanism to pursue Paris targets in the decade ahead www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.
Amazing.
Amazing.
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
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ICE unlawfully ripped a woman from Rayito Del Sol, a daycare and private business, in front of parents and children. They did not possess a judicial warrant and she was in America legally. Her children are also detained.
We must abolish and prosecute ICE. This cannot go on.
We must abolish and prosecute ICE. This cannot go on.
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
ICE unlawfully ripped a woman from Rayito Del Sol, a daycare and private business, in front of parents and children. They did not possess a judicial warrant and she was in America legally. Her children are also detained.
We must abolish and prosecute ICE. This cannot go on.
We must abolish and prosecute ICE. This cannot go on.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...