Joel Wool

Opinion | The World Is Letting Gaza Starve

The World Is Letting Gaza Starve www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...

if it takes years, has to be consequences for all these people, and even more for those who gave the orders.

Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents

Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

Opinion | The Trump-Supporting Christians Accusing Jews of Antisemitism

The Trump-Supporting Christians Accusing Jews of Antisemitism www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...

E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas.

"I honestly wonder if the malefactors are going to give us more burning rivers,” said William K. Reilly, E.P.A. administrator under President George H.W. Bush, speaking to reporters this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/c...

Well-behaved cats rarely make history. 👑

Ideas in Action: Cycle One Proposals Click through the drawers below to see a summary of each proposal along with the proposal's funding amount. After reading through each proposal and thinking about their impact on your community you ca...

Great Job, @boston.gov! The voting starts this Wednesday, Jan 15th—
Voting is open to all Boston residents 11 years old and up.

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#participatorybudgeting
#mapoli #bospoli

NYC Congestion Zone Revenue Calculator Project how much money NYC's congestion pricing has raised for the MTA in real-time since January 5, 2025.

NYC's congestion pricing is projected to have raised $12,104,101.22 for the MTA since January 5

www.congestionrevenue.nyc

We are focused in Massachusetts.
SD35 is filed in the Senate and @TeamTram will be filing the house version.

The @MassGovernor, Senate President Spilka and @BostonGlobe all agree forcing brokers fees on tenants has got to end. (1/2)

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#mapoli #bospoli

Massive new food distribution hub in Roxbury aims to combat food insecurity, provide more fresh produce - The Boston Globe A new partnership has turned a former Amazon fulfillment center into a food hub with 5,500 square feet of refrigeration and freezer space.

Major props to @beetthesystem.bsky.social for new cold storage food distribution hub www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/09/m... #bospoli #mapoli

Great to be at HEET's Think Thermal celebration. Let's train the next workforce to shift to clean heat #geothermal

GREAT opportunity for someone! Boston Women's Heritage Trail seeks an ED. The first major initiative they'll work on is our Cedar Grove Cemetery project. Could be FT, or could be something else. See description and send along your best pitch! www.bwht.org/were-hiring-...

This is an interesting collaboration to watch. Austin's local government has had to really focus on hyper local policy as numerous iniatives are precluded by state action.

Vermont today #grateful

With new zoning rules, Mattapan’s Blue Hill Avenue is poised for a rebirth - The Boston Globe After years of underinvestment, the neighborhood is showing new life, helped along by zoning changes that aim to create new multistory, mixed-use buildings and support smaller, locally owned businesse...

So many important voices in this @bostonglobe.com on Blue Hill Ave ⬇️

Fun fact: the rezoning we codified in Mattapan for more housing & small biz was the 1st time in a decade that planning had turned into actual zoning in Boston. This also launched our citywide rezoning process, the 1st in 60 years.

Go WPI!

Wind and Solar power capacity are skyrocketing across the nation!

Shout out to @canarymedia.com for this chart showing how America's clean energy revolution is skyrocketing!

Now is the time?

This is how we will pay off the indebtedness of the public transit system

A narwhal lecture!?

Thermal energy networks can decarbonize neighborhoods. Meet the US cities giving them a shot. With federal dollars, cities want to leverage heat from waste sources and the ground to move buildings away from burning fossil fuels on-site.

Thermal! Energy! Networks!
www.utilitydive.com/news/thermal...

Goooo committee members! Free the books! Plan the streets!

Many thanks, I'm following that starter pack! (And not for my own ideas)

Welcome to Bluesky, @ciirumarywambui.bsky.social, one of my favorite humans and a true champion for housing and climate justice. And speaking of which, I just added her and @joelwool.bsky.social to my Boston Climate & Housing Champions Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/E3BhYqu

From prison to green jobs: Ex-inmates among new workforce powering state’s climate goals - The Boston Globe “The state of Massachusetts is going green,” one clean energy trainee said. “So I want to be ahead of the game, before it's too late.”

With workforce demand high in clean energy sectors & need to provide pathways to employment for returning citizens, a great green opportunity
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/17/s...

MBTA map illustrating shutdown between Harvard and Broadway 11/17-11/24

Don’t forget everyone! @mbta.bsky.social Red Line shutdown begins tonight 11/17 at 8:30pm through Nov. 24!

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...

Hello hello! Housing and climate

YouTube video by FT Live Geothermal: FT Live in partnership with IFC

Proud of Massachusetts' role in bringing geothermal global: youtu.be/qjDLp8raebk?... #mapoli