Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Looks like the strongest El Niño in 1,000 years -- via @zekehausfather.com. 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"... in what the Justice Department calls a criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork. Every naturalized American should read that sentence twice." @migrantinsider.bsky.social migrantinsider.com/p/ice-raids-...migrantinsider.comICE Raids Ilhan Omar’s HomeHomeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington-area home under a sealed warrant tied to forms her late father filled out when she was a child. No charge has been filed. 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As US sits on the sidelines, other nations are “staying the course” on climate action. It’s a tough challenge ahead and most nations are lagging behind their pledges as energy demand and global emissions rise. But people at #ClimateWeek told me. tinyurl.com/2v4xnw6k 001
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most people don’t know that the US-Mexico border is fluid and home to a vibrant cultural region where people work, live and go to school on “the other side.” Check out these photos!instagram.comBob Rives on Instagram: "Kickstarter campaign is now live for my new photobook, La Frontera #kickstarter"bobrivesphoto on September 26, 2026: "Kickstarter campaign is now live for my new photobook, La Frontera #kickstarter". 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Lots of talk about AI, data centers and the rush to market at #ClimateWeekNYC this week. Less so about the industry’s carbon footprint, it seemed. tinyurl.com/4u7b5mk 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 26/08/2026$1 billion. That’s roughly the expenses US power companies have incurred so far after being ordered by the Trump administration to keep running coal, gas and oil-fired plants past their retirement dates. Ratepayers will ultimately cover a large portion of these costs. tinyurl.com/3s8mtaxc 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Amazing we’re having this conversation in a democracy that just turned 250. From the @nytimes.com’s latest autocracy index: 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 19/08/2026”Donald Trump is presiding over an unexpected clean energy boom” with the US set to add a record 45 GW of renewables in 2026, per S&P Global Energy. 👏 tinyurl.com/mu6yd4hzft.comTrump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anywayCapacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/08/2026States, Native American tribes and communities nationwide learned a year ago that the Trump administration had canceled the $7 billion Solar for All program. We checked in with grantees to see what’s happened since. tinyurl.com/y6b8uedp 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Amazon-Duke Energy diesel generator plans for a large data center in rural North Carolina face legal questions. At issue is how and who accounts for pollution from 649 diesel generators under the Clean Air Act. tinyurl.com/bdhr23yn 001
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 17/07/2026For the past two years, US power companies were rushing out plans for massive amounts of new fossil fueled-fired generation. Until the planned building boom suddenly stalled in Q2. Uncertainty over data centers may have something to do with it, analysts said. Stay tuned. tinyurl.com/mwse38d6 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Power providers, state floodplain managers and emergency preparedness officials are heading into the 2026 hurricane and wildfire season with questions about what role the federal government will play if disaster strikes. tinyurl.com/3f2crs49 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 22/05/2026What do the US, Belarus, Iran, Israel, Liberia, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have in common? 🤔 This motley crew of autocratic nations were the only ones voting against a UN resolution this week to reduce #climate pollution. 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Here’s a silver lining to our high oil and gasoline prices⛽️: Americans are riding more bikes 🚴 — good for air and health! And they took 45 million more bus rides 🚍 than before Trump’s war, according to the @nytimes.com. 000
Reposted by Karin RivesLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026California has the largest virtual power plant in the world, with 200,000 participants. At the exact moment when the grid is dirtiest and most expensive to run, this program surges in with the cheapest, cleanest power. Newsom's budget would kill it. That's just bad policy.latimes.com200,000 Californians create as much power as a nuclear plant to help the grid. Now that's up in the airCalifornia has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block. 7378138
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 15/05/2026That is, if the GOP listens to the Senate Parliamentarian. They haven’t in the recent past.open.substack.comSenate Parliamentarian Kills Core of Republicans' ICE Funding PackageSenate rulekeeper strips CBP appropriations and $2.5B DHS fund, citing conflicts with child protection laws — and the Trump administration's own record. 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Hardly a Mother’s Day topic but here’s what’s on many moms’ minds these days: How to pay spiraling energy bills. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDO...content.govdelivery.comOPC complaint challenges PJM cost rules for unfairly assigning $2 billion in data center-driven transmission costs to Marylanders 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Democrats’ ”first priority must be to materially improve workers’ lives, rather than propose a grand vision of an #energy transition.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Forget Climate Change. Democrats Need to Talk About Other Issues. 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 06/05/202661 years after Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, Southern states are now rushing to redraw their voting districts to dilute the minority vote. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn’t Exist 010
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 05/05/2026China took the #cleanenergy ball and ran with it. Like everyone said they would. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/b...nytimes.comAs Oil Prices Stay High, China Doubles Down on Wind Power 122
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The US power sector now has plans to add 155 GW of fossil fuel capacity to meet mostly data center-driven electricity demand. 99% would be natural gas-fired power plants. Tackling #climate change is so yesterday. tinyurl.com/dhbn6vwj 020
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Yes!!! Could be a harbinger of more good news to come… 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 10/04/2026This is how we manage a country and make America great again. 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 31/03/2026US power companies are racing to install AI-powered smoke detection cameras, more satellite weather stations and new grid technology to get ahead of what could be an intense 2026 wildfire season. #climate tinyurl.com/ycyj3acn 110
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 18/03/2026US coal plants are back in favor — and carbon and hazardous air emissions are soaring. tinyurl.com/2s9pafe2 000
Reposted by Karin RivesNicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Imagine how bad the latest energy crisis would be in the EU if the electricity mix still looked like it did 20 years ago. Electricity mix fossil share 2005 → 2025 🇩🇰Denmark: 73% → 9% 🇵🇹Portugal: 82% → 19% 🇳🇱Netherlands: 88% → 46% 🇮🇪Ireland: 93% → 52% 🇪🇸Spain: 66% → 25% 🇬🇷Greece: 89% → 50% 18647
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 13/03/2026“To win in life, you’ve got to suffer short-term pain for the long-term gain, and that’s what we’re in the middle of doing right now.” (Energy Secretary Chris Wright)cnn.comTrump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz | CNN PoliticsThe Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, accord... 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Supporting expensive and aging coal-fired power plants is becoming a consistent strategy for the Trump administration. Today’s rollback, if upheld by courts, translates into 1,000 pounds more mercury released into US air and water. tinyurl.com/ev3cp7nn 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 18/02/2026The US energy industry faces new uncertainty after the #Trump administration upended the landmark 2009 endangerment #climate rule. Legal experts disagree over how and when sectors beyond vehicles will be affected — the courts will tell. tinyurl.com/48cmym3a 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 16/02/2026#Climate science was absent from the #Trump administration's plan to gut US greenhouse gas policies. The EPA instead focused on legal arguments seeking to reinterpret a section of the Clean Air Act it says was used illegally for 16 years -- hoping the Supreme Court will agree. tinyurl.com/2trhaf3j 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The #Trump administration will face an onslaught of legal challenges after the agency charged with protecting public health and welfare dismantles the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases. tinyurl.com/mr2n9737 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The #Trump administration faces its first industry challenge over coal plant orders that are upending utility plans and violating state laws. tinyurl.com/ba5pr8ec 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison this afternoon: “…just as Portland and Chicago and LA were precursors to Minneapolis, Minneapolis is a precursor to a whole lot of other places.” 011
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 24/01/2026In best Gestapo style, ICE agents murder yet another person in Minnesota, while pepperspraying protesters in -8 F temperatures. We must all help to put an end to this government-sanctioned violence. How can we help?? 010
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Email correspondence shows how a disputed and litigated 2025 DOE climate report was crafted and used to support the Trump administration’s plan to rescind the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding. The repeal would halt future efforts to regulate climate-warming emissions. tinyurl.com/mwvrbuvh 010
Reposted by Karin RivesDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Davos: “If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate.” 1838470
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 21/01/2026A line for European leaders struggling to get organized around a cohesive message and course of action? 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Virginia is rejoining the RGGI carbon market as @governorva.bsky.social Abigail Spanberger resets the state’s energy agenda. tinyurl.com/42wkz3er 010
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This breaks my heart. I never ever thought the country I fell in love with and adopted as my own would treat people like this. This poor man, I read, is a US citizen. If it happens to him, it could happen to me. Because we’re immigrants. Or because we talk or look ”different.” 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I think we have survival of the fittest at work here. 010
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 18/01/2026That means three generations of Swedish kids would have a lower IQ. Last I checked they’re doing pretty well health wise — certainly in comparison with their US counterparts. 080
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said Greenland would choose Denmark, NATO and the EU over a US invasion. According to the AP, Trump later said: “I disagree with him. I don’t know who he is. I don’t know anything about him. But, that’s going to be a big problem for him.” 🤔 000
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The Trump administration could face some major legal hurdles as it seeks to halt federal regulation of climate-warming greenhouse gases. The EPA endangerment repeal is going through final White House review and could be pushlished soon. tinyurl.com/y3axt2n8 011
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12/01/2026We need more Jerome Powells in our country. Who else is out there, willing to defend our eroding democracy, data and the rule of law? 010
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 06/01/2026“When Donald Trump says, ‘We’re going to run the place,’ I want you to think of the Gambino family taking over the Colombo family’s business out in Queens,” he said. “They don’t actually go out and run it. They just get an envelope.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Don’t Call It Regime Change. This Is Something Else Entirely. 000
Reposted by Karin RivesZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/01/2026Looks like this data was quietly updated in the fall for the latest numbers through 2024 - Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) produced by NOAA... It is now up to a 54% increase in the influence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere since 1990 (AGGI = 1.54; heat trapping) 510644
Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 31/12/2025“This order will pass tens of millions in costs to Colorado ratepayers, in order to keep a coal plant open that is broken and not needed," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said of the lastest DOE “emergency” order. tinyurl.com/3b5rncbh 011