Jed Thorp

Dec 2026. But yes, ridiculous.

It's time our legislators bring the bottle bill to a vote | Opinion The authors say not only is the bottle bill good policy for RI, it is the right thing to do for the environment.

It's time our legislators bring the bottle bill to a vote | Opinion

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A bottle bill deserves to pass the R.I. General Assembly. Here’s why beverage brands think so. • Rhode Island Current Rhode Island has a major opportunity to modernize and reform its recycling system with two common-sense bills currently before the legislature.

A bottle bill deserves to pass the R.I. General Assembly. Here’s why beverage brands think so. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/06/06/a...

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Keep America Beautiful noted a 1,410% increase in “nips” from their 2009 to 2020 National Litter Studies. In 2023, volunteers in RI collected over 85,000 nips from the environment in just 90 days. Time to pass a #RIBottleBill. @savethebayri.bsky.social

Pomham Rocks Light, East Providence

It’s time for R.I. to reduce litter and reform the way the Ocean State recycles - The Boston Globe A bottle bill is not only good for the environment, it’s good for business, proponents of House bill 6207 write.

Commentary from Steve Alexander, Scott Breen, Scott DeFife, Emily Howe and @jedthorp.bsky.social: A bottle bill is not only good for the environment, it’s good for business, proponents of House bill 6207 write.

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Now in its third year, CRMC reform bill sees surge of support • Rhode Island Current Legislation now in its third year that would reform the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council by getting rid of the appointed council drew overwhelming support at a State House hearing Wed...

Momentum is growing to reform our state coastal agency.

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McKee taps podiatric surgeon for R.I. coastal management council, renewing debate over volunteer board - The Boston Globe Governor McKee selects a doctor who has served on the Barrington Harbor Commission. Save the Bay says it highlights need to replace the volunteer council with a state agency run by experts.

“There’s a danger in having volunteers...making day-to-day regulatory decisions and interpretations of state law,” @jedthorp.bsky.social of @savethebayri.bsky.social said. “That work should really be left to the expert staff of scientists, geologists & engineers.”
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Could this be the year of a bottle bill in RI? Survey shows strong support. A new survey finds that more than half of respondents support a bottle bill in RI, fueling efforts to set up a redemption program.

Yes...this SHOULD be the year for a RI Bottle Bill. A majority of legislators supports it; a majority of RI'ers supports it; it's time to get it done.

Could this be the year of a bottle bill in RI? Survey shows strong support. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p... via @projo

This is why we need policies (like ‘recycling refunds’ or a ‘bottle bill’ for beverage containers) that incentivizes getting this stuff out of the environment. Public education and fines aren’t enough. This is the year to get it done. ✔️ ♻️

Today is trash pickup day in my neighborhood. Many of my neighbors’ bins tipped over in the heavy winds with recyclables now strewn about the neighborhood and environment. Litter isn’t just bad people doing bad things; much of it is accidental and unintentional. 1/2 🧵…

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine

To everyone saying "how am I supposed to just act like everything's normal when the world is falling apart around us"...

...this is what those of us who work on climate change have felt like for the past 20 years.

He’s just goading the rest of the world into reacting, so he can then use those (justifiable) tariffs and sanctions to justify military action.

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I rounded a bit when sharing the figures. 🤷‍♂️

Thank you @peterneronha.bsky.social for your leadership on this..,

CRMC just now voted to unanimously deny Quidnessett Country Club's petition for a water type change w/r/t their seawall

Rhode Island CRMC votes 6-0 to deny Quidnessett Country Club's application to reclassify the waters along its shoreline. If approved, the agency would have considered new rules that **could** have allowed the country club to retroactively get permission for a rock wall built the shore.

Save the Bay commends last week's Superior Court decision in the Jamestown Boat Yard case.

"The Council’s inconsistent and faulty application of its rules is arbitrary, creates unpredictable results, and furthers the appearance that the Council lacks impartiality in coastal cases."

Same. I thought they were conjoined.

🤣🤣🤣 Truth! (I get made fun of on the hiker FB pages for choosing a paper map and compass over various navigation apps, but I’ve yet to get lost. 🤣🤷‍♂️)

Book is much darker than the movie. (My 9 year old won’t be reading it.)

Looking forward to CRMC (hopefully 🤞🏻) upholding the recommendation of their subcommittee and finally denying the country club’s request to change the rules after the fact. Their illegal wall has now been in place for over 500 days…hopefully this gets us closer to removal. 👍🏻

That was the issue in Ohio. Legislators just bounce back and forth between the Senate and House, with an occasional two year stint off in some fluff job. It’s a band-aid solution at best.

I’ve lobbied in states with term limits, and it’s not necessarily better. Pluses and minuses.

Making progress on getting the abandoned barge & crane out of the Providence River near Public St. 👍🏻

Always enjoying flying home and checking out the Bay from above.

His “handicap” wasn’t that he was from Southie, it was that he was an orphan and a victim of child abuse.

Zero capital expenditures on RIPTA? Am I reading that right? (I’m not an expert on RIPTA’s budget.)