Kelly Rigg
@kellyrigg.bsky.social
40+ years of campaigning to protect the environment, mainly climate and ocean. Amsterdam based, avid swimmer, and wannabe photographer.
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this is a thing we're going to ignore for a century but when we finally get around to it, we'll find the massive expansion of our grid would have had far better applications than endless data centers -- namely, electrification of all industry
Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%.
Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
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Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors.
www.foodtechbiz.com/business-upd...
Tetra Pak launches integrated heat pump system to electrify pasteurization and cut energy use by up to 77%
Tetra Pak announces the expansion of its Factory Sustainable Solutions portfolio with its new Tetra Pak Integrated Heat Pump system for pasteurizers, designed t
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December 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this is a thing we're going to ignore for a century but when we finally get around to it, we'll find the massive expansion of our grid would have had far better applications than endless data centers -- namely, electrification of all industry
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"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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See more of award-winning photographer Daniel Beltrá’s work: www.danielbeltra.com and on Instagram: @danielbeltraphoto
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
See more of award-winning photographer Daniel Beltrá’s work: www.danielbeltra.com and on Instagram: @danielbeltraphoto
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And of course there’s the extra sea-level rise, by half a meter or more. bsky.app/profile/rahm...
It further shows a similar sea-level rise pattern after #AMOC shutdown as we found in Levermann et al. 2005, with the dynamic rise extending down into the South Atlantic. (That would be added to any global rise caused by climate warming.) 🧵
➡️ agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
And of course there’s the extra sea-level rise, by half a meter or more. bsky.app/profile/rahm...
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Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
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November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
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A new report from @oilchange.bsky.social finds that the US govt gives the #FossilFuel industry a handout of $34.8 BILLION dollars in subsidies every year — even as everyday people struggle with the cost of living and the climate crisis grows worse & worse.
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A new report from @oilchange.bsky.social finds that the US govt gives the #FossilFuel industry a handout of $34.8 BILLION dollars in subsidies every year — even as everyday people struggle with the cost of living and the climate crisis grows worse & worse.
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
So companies accept liabilty in case of accidents? "The suit challenges the NRC’s ability to regulate smaller reactors in any capacity, claiming the risk for large-scale disasters is so low that the NRC shouldn’t have any role in rubber-stamping them."
www.wired.com/story/valar-...
www.wired.com/story/valar-...
Valar Atomics Says It’s the First Nuclear Startup to Achieve Criticality
A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So companies accept liabilty in case of accidents? "The suit challenges the NRC’s ability to regulate smaller reactors in any capacity, claiming the risk for large-scale disasters is so low that the NRC shouldn’t have any role in rubber-stamping them."
www.wired.com/story/valar-...
www.wired.com/story/valar-...
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The government of Iceland now considers this a national security threat. www.arctictoday.com/iceland-sees...
And the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany together with other German institutions published a National Climate Risk Assessment this year.
Here is what it says about #AMOC tipping risk.
And the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany together with other German institutions published a National Climate Risk Assessment this year.
Here is what it says about #AMOC tipping risk.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The government of Iceland now considers this a national security threat. www.arctictoday.com/iceland-sees...
And the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany together with other German institutions published a National Climate Risk Assessment this year.
Here is what it says about #AMOC tipping risk.
And the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany together with other German institutions published a National Climate Risk Assessment this year.
Here is what it says about #AMOC tipping risk.
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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
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November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
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The US defense and intelligence community has long acknowledged that #climatechange is a threat to national security.
They still think so. They just can't say it out loud right now.
www.gleick.com/blog/censors...
They still think so. They just can't say it out loud right now.
www.gleick.com/blog/censors...
Censorship, Deletion, and Purging of US Defense and Intelligence Assessments of Environmental Threats to National Security
For many decades, US military and intelligence agencies have analyzed the threats to national security from a wide range of non-traditional social and environmental issues, includi
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November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The US defense and intelligence community has long acknowledged that #climatechange is a threat to national security.
They still think so. They just can't say it out loud right now.
www.gleick.com/blog/censors...
They still think so. They just can't say it out loud right now.
www.gleick.com/blog/censors...
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that 'extremist forces' were spreading lies about climate change for political gain, as he urged fellow leaders at #COP30 to take action against global warming reut.rs/49CDaZB
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November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that 'extremist forces' were spreading lies about climate change for political gain, as he urged fellow leaders at #COP30 to take action against global warming reut.rs/49CDaZB
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Full coverage ➡️ reut.rs/4qKE2BL
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Trump's lawyers are in the Supreme Court right now establishing that, among other things, a future Dem president can declare a climate emergency and tariff the fuck out of whatever he wants.
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump's lawyers are in the Supreme Court right now establishing that, among other things, a future Dem president can declare a climate emergency and tariff the fuck out of whatever he wants.
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New UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds that, without immediate aggressive action, the world could be on track for 2.3°C-2.8°C of global warming over the century. www.unep.org/resources/em...
Emissions Gap Report 2025
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leav...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds that, without immediate aggressive action, the world could be on track for 2.3°C-2.8°C of global warming over the century. www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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“The nuclear powers might have been the most technologically advanced countries in the world, but in hindsight, it’s clear they had little idea of what they were doing, and the health of the local populations was an afterthought, if a thought at all.”
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“The nuclear powers might have been the most technologically advanced countries in the world, but in hindsight, it’s clear they had little idea of what they were doing, and the health of the local populations was an afterthought, if a thought at all.”
Speaking for every sane person
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Speaking for every sane person
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The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The US has respected a moratorium on testing nuclear weapons for 33 years. It's been 35 years for Russia. Trump wants to start exploding them again. Where did he have in mind? Nevada? The South Pacific?
Trump and the new arms race. But no food aid or health care for Americans.
Trump and the new arms race. But no food aid or health care for Americans.
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The US has respected a moratorium on testing nuclear weapons for 33 years. It's been 35 years for Russia. Trump wants to start exploding them again. Where did he have in mind? Nevada? The South Pacific?
Trump and the new arms race. But no food aid or health care for Americans.
Trump and the new arms race. But no food aid or health care for Americans.
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Climate deniers getting ready to claim that climate change did not make the damage from Hurricane Melissa worse.
This is misinformation.
This is misinformation.
Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive
a lot of climate misinformers don't want you to understand this
www.theclimatebrink.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Climate deniers getting ready to claim that climate change did not make the damage from Hurricane Melissa worse.
This is misinformation.
This is misinformation.
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Global emissions may fall 10% by 2035 — but scientists say a 60% drop is needed to keep 1.5°C alive.
UN calls for faster emissions cuts for 2035 as first global estimate disappoints
UNFCCC "calculations" suggest a 10% drop in global emissions, but delays by many countries in submitting NDCs cloud official review of climate pledges
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October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Global emissions may fall 10% by 2035 — but scientists say a 60% drop is needed to keep 1.5°C alive.
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CDA & VVD negeerden de Tweede Kamer en maakten Poetin rijk
Erkens: "We dachten: we kopen goedkoop Russisch gas. In Duitsland gaan kerncentrales dicht. Iedereen denkt: we importeren het. Als iedereen zo denkt, heb je een probleem. Dat hebben we nu. Daarom moeten we energieonafhankelijker worden."
Erkens: "We dachten: we kopen goedkoop Russisch gas. In Duitsland gaan kerncentrales dicht. Iedereen denkt: we importeren het. Als iedereen zo denkt, heb je een probleem. Dat hebben we nu. Daarom moeten we energieonafhankelijker worden."
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
CDA & VVD negeerden de Tweede Kamer en maakten Poetin rijk
Erkens: "We dachten: we kopen goedkoop Russisch gas. In Duitsland gaan kerncentrales dicht. Iedereen denkt: we importeren het. Als iedereen zo denkt, heb je een probleem. Dat hebben we nu. Daarom moeten we energieonafhankelijker worden."
Erkens: "We dachten: we kopen goedkoop Russisch gas. In Duitsland gaan kerncentrales dicht. Iedereen denkt: we importeren het. Als iedereen zo denkt, heb je een probleem. Dat hebben we nu. Daarom moeten we energieonafhankelijker worden."
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Met 45.000 demonstranten riepen we in Den Haag de stille meerderheid op om komende woensdag vooral groen te stemmen. Een stabiel klimaat is randvoorwaardelijk voor het duurzaam kunnen oplossen van alle andere Haagse issues
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Klimaatmars in Den Haag met duidelijke boodschap: ‘Stop de fossiele subsidies’
Naar schatting trekken zondagmiddag 45.000 mensen naar het Malieveld om de strijd tegen de klimaatcrisis aan te gaan. Tijdens de mars die vlak voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen plaatsvindt, eisen de me...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Met 45.000 demonstranten riepen we in Den Haag de stille meerderheid op om komende woensdag vooral groen te stemmen. Een stabiel klimaat is randvoorwaardelijk voor het duurzaam kunnen oplossen van alle andere Haagse issues
www.ad.nl/den-haag/kli...
www.ad.nl/den-haag/kli...
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At the Climate March in The Hague. As the climate crisis deepens, it's not much of a theme in the Dutch election campaign.
I heard it's because climate is 'only' the #4 concern of voters. But why not ask questions on #4 in the debates?
While immigration is talked up, climate is silenced down.
I heard it's because climate is 'only' the #4 concern of voters. But why not ask questions on #4 in the debates?
While immigration is talked up, climate is silenced down.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
At the Climate March in The Hague. As the climate crisis deepens, it's not much of a theme in the Dutch election campaign.
I heard it's because climate is 'only' the #4 concern of voters. But why not ask questions on #4 in the debates?
While immigration is talked up, climate is silenced down.
I heard it's because climate is 'only' the #4 concern of voters. But why not ask questions on #4 in the debates?
While immigration is talked up, climate is silenced down.
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Kiezers vinden klimaat niet meer belangrijk, dus politici dan ook niet. Het nieuwe normaal: het klimaat kan vast wel even even wachten, tot we een paar andere problemen hebben opgelost. Van alle politici was alleen Esther Ouwehand hier aanwezig. www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...
Oud-weerman Hiemstra geeft persconferentie: 'Belangrijkste crisis wordt genegeerd'
Terwijl de verkiezingsdebatten in Nederland vooral draaien om koopkracht en migratie, waarschuwt meteoroloog Gerrit Hiemstra dat de echte crisis wordt genegeerd: het klimaat.
www.rtl.nl
October 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Kiezers vinden klimaat niet meer belangrijk, dus politici dan ook niet. Het nieuwe normaal: het klimaat kan vast wel even even wachten, tot we een paar andere problemen hebben opgelost. Van alle politici was alleen Esther Ouwehand hier aanwezig. www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...
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All of this should be obvious. And yet one of the biggest causes of the crisis is that it is still being ignored by far too many people who accept there is a problem but refuse to engage with the scale of what they are facing.
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
All of this should be obvious. And yet one of the biggest causes of the crisis is that it is still being ignored by far too many people who accept there is a problem but refuse to engage with the scale of what they are facing.