Pam Rittelmeyer
@pamrittelmeyer.bsky.social
Energy & water science. Interested in perceptions and perspectives. Trained as a cinematographer. Then got a PhD. IPCC 6th Assessment contributor on water. Working in energy policy. Climate change has a role in every story. Views are my own.
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Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍to take #ClimateAction.
goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-b...
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Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍to take #ClimateAction.
goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-b...
🌎🌍🌏
Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
Easy to install—such that many do it themselves, the technology makes every bit of sense as rooftop PV solar panels.
goodnewsnetwork.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍to take #ClimateAction.
goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-b...
🌎🌍🌏
Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍to take #ClimateAction.
goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-b...
🌎🌍🌏
No Kings Protest, San Mateo, CA.
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
No Kings Protest, San Mateo, CA.
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EV road trips have gotten so, so much easier in the past couple years
See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
EVs are here. Trump won't be able to roll them back.
EVs are here. Trump won't be able to roll them back.
See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy
There are a lot more fast chargers than there used to be. Look up what that could mean for a route near you.
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
EV road trips have gotten so, so much easier in the past couple years
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Rivers are heating up faster than the air. That's a problem for aquatic life and people
Cold-water fish such as trout and salmon are especially vulnerable:
Warmer water also holds less oxygen, potentially suffocating aquatic life.
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Cold-water fish such as trout and salmon are especially vulnerable:
Warmer water also holds less oxygen, potentially suffocating aquatic life.
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Rivers are heating up faster than the air. That's a problem for aquatic life and people
When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and unbearable summer afternoons. These heat waves dominate the headlines because we feel them directly.
phys.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Rivers are heating up faster than the air. That's a problem for aquatic life and people
Cold-water fish such as trout and salmon are especially vulnerable:
Warmer water also holds less oxygen, potentially suffocating aquatic life.
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Cold-water fish such as trout and salmon are especially vulnerable:
Warmer water also holds less oxygen, potentially suffocating aquatic life.
phys.org/news/2025-09...
Riding public transit to and from LAX is possible and easier now that the Metro Transit Center is open. Much less stressful than sitting in traffic.
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Riding public transit to and from LAX is possible and easier now that the Metro Transit Center is open. Much less stressful than sitting in traffic.
It was an honor to collaborate on this important paper.
A new installment of the State of (California's) Bay-Delta Science 2025 series appeared in the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal this morning, & includes our review paper "Atmospheric Rivers & Flooding in California's changing hydroclimate"! ⅓
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escholarship.org/uc/item/1kw1...
August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It was an honor to collaborate on this important paper.
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Not really in the same genre (more trad folk) but if you're not listening to Jesse Welles you're missing some of the most important music being made right now
August 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Not really in the same genre (more trad folk) but if you're not listening to Jesse Welles you're missing some of the most important music being made right now
Jesse Welles is one of the greatest communicators of challenging issues of today. He explains his process to research and writing folk songs to Joe Rogan.
youtu.be/C-KM_WNwDQM
youtu.be/C-KM_WNwDQM
Discussing Jesse Welles' Viral United Health Song
YouTube video by JRE Clips
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August 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Jesse Welles is one of the greatest communicators of challenging issues of today. He explains his process to research and writing folk songs to Joe Rogan.
youtu.be/C-KM_WNwDQM
youtu.be/C-KM_WNwDQM
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fascinating that so much of the pro-AC push comes specifically from right-wing groups (centre-right to far-right)
Doesn't mean AC is a bad idea, to be clear. Should at least inspire some caution on the shape policy takes to ensure fair and beneficial outcomes (which the right do not like)
Doesn't mean AC is a bad idea, to be clear. Should at least inspire some caution on the shape policy takes to ensure fair and beneficial outcomes (which the right do not like)
Boiling Britain: How air conditioning could become a political priority in the UK
Politicians blowing hot air won’t solve Britain’s record-breaking hot summers.
www.politico.eu
August 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
fascinating that so much of the pro-AC push comes specifically from right-wing groups (centre-right to far-right)
Doesn't mean AC is a bad idea, to be clear. Should at least inspire some caution on the shape policy takes to ensure fair and beneficial outcomes (which the right do not like)
Doesn't mean AC is a bad idea, to be clear. Should at least inspire some caution on the shape policy takes to ensure fair and beneficial outcomes (which the right do not like)
A neighbor is cultivating some interesting fast growing plants in this urban neighborhood. Can someone explain what is going on here?
August 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A neighbor is cultivating some interesting fast growing plants in this urban neighborhood. Can someone explain what is going on here?
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The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
n.pr
August 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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"Challenging car dominance is never simply a technical decision about street layouts or emissions levels. It is a challenge to a deeply embedded status quo" - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
Last week, I had the chance to listen in on a conversation between @who.int and the Mayor of Paris, @annehidalgo.bsky.social.
Here are five things other cities could learn (with a bonus bit on the increasing powers of UK Mayors):
micromobilitybiz.com/five-things-...
Here are five things other cities could learn (with a bonus bit on the increasing powers of UK Mayors):
micromobilitybiz.com/five-things-...
Five things UK Cities could learn from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo - micromobilitybiz
By Adam Tranter, CEO, Fusion Media Last week, I had the chance to listen in on a conversation betwee
micromobilitybiz.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Challenging car dominance is never simply a technical decision about street layouts or emissions levels. It is a challenge to a deeply embedded status quo" - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
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Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov
July 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov
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“If you look at Ionna, Mercedes-Benz, BP Pulse, Walmart, these big companies have all been very public about their plans to open thousands of fast charging stations between now and 2030,” McDonald told InsideEVs.
America's EV charging network is growing faster and getting better more quickly than most people realize: insideevs.com/news/767059/...
America's EV Charging Network Is About To Skyrocket
Led by Tesla, ChargePoint and EVgo, the deployment of new public fast charging ports reached record levels in the second quarter.
insideevs.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“If you look at Ionna, Mercedes-Benz, BP Pulse, Walmart, these big companies have all been very public about their plans to open thousands of fast charging stations between now and 2030,” McDonald told InsideEVs.
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Park Service Forced to Report Information on Slavery, Climate Change, For Potential Erasure from National Parks - National Parks Magazine www.npca.org/articles/994...
Park Service Forced to Report Information on Slavery, Climate Change, For Potential Erasure from National Parks
If some of these changes are made, visitors may miss out on the full picture of history and nature that they deserve at our parks. Americans count on our parks to tell truthful stories and accurate in...
www.npca.org
July 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Park Service Forced to Report Information on Slavery, Climate Change, For Potential Erasure from National Parks - National Parks Magazine www.npca.org/articles/994...
My daughter is a high school journalist. I’m super proud of her work this summer. Here’s her 2nd published article in the Mercury News. Interviewees include @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/19/c...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/19/c...
Cuts to science grants force San Jose researchers, student to scramble
Federal agencies lose billions in research funding as Trump directives target DEI in part to cut cut taxes.
www.mercurynews.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My daughter is a high school journalist. I’m super proud of her work this summer. Here’s her 2nd published article in the Mercury News. Interviewees include @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/19/c...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/19/c...
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The discourse surrounding precipitation changes in a warming climate (both public discussion and even scientific one at times) is complicated by widespread conflation of changes in averages vs extremes (and also actual vs *potential* evaporation/evaporative demand). [Thread]
July 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The discourse surrounding precipitation changes in a warming climate (both public discussion and even scientific one at times) is complicated by widespread conflation of changes in averages vs extremes (and also actual vs *potential* evaporation/evaporative demand). [Thread]
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For every 1°C rise in temperature, the atmosphere holds ~7% more water vapor, which heightens the risk of extreme rainfall. But warming also make soils dry out, harden, and lose their ability to absorb water, making flooding more likely when heavy rains come.
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
How extraordinary rainfall caught Texas by surprise
There was little indication of how torrential the Texas downpours would become before dawn. At least 27 people were killed, many of them children at Camp Mystic.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For every 1°C rise in temperature, the atmosphere holds ~7% more water vapor, which heightens the risk of extreme rainfall. But warming also make soils dry out, harden, and lose their ability to absorb water, making flooding more likely when heavy rains come.
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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Symbolic perhaps, but a victory nevertheless. The court ruled that a stable climate is a human right.
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
@cughnews.bsky.social
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
@cughnews.bsky.social
Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules
Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Symbolic perhaps, but a victory nevertheless. The court ruled that a stable climate is a human right.
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
@cughnews.bsky.social
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@mason4c.bsky.social
@cughnews.bsky.social
If you attended protests lately, you might have noticed that there are not many young people. My daughter writes about the teens who are joining in the protests. Her article is in the Mercury News www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/28/t...
Teens made a statement during ‘No Kings’ protest in San Jose
Local teenagers were among those who took to the streets of downtown San Jose on June 14 as part of a nationwide “No Kings” demonstration against President Donald Trump’s agenda and actions.
www.mercurynews.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If you attended protests lately, you might have noticed that there are not many young people. My daughter writes about the teens who are joining in the protests. Her article is in the Mercury News www.mercurynews.com/2025/06/28/t...
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Solar doesn’t sleep!
Many places could already get to 90% constant solar power year round from around $100/MWh! ☀️
It's not about getting to 100%, but demonstrating the massive opportunity ☀️ + 🔋 offer.
Exciting new analysis by my colleagues @kostantsa.bsky.social and @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social
Many places could already get to 90% constant solar power year round from around $100/MWh! ☀️
It's not about getting to 100%, but demonstrating the massive opportunity ☀️ + 🔋 offer.
Exciting new analysis by my colleagues @kostantsa.bsky.social and @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Solar doesn’t sleep!
Many places could already get to 90% constant solar power year round from around $100/MWh! ☀️
It's not about getting to 100%, but demonstrating the massive opportunity ☀️ + 🔋 offer.
Exciting new analysis by my colleagues @kostantsa.bsky.social and @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social
Many places could already get to 90% constant solar power year round from around $100/MWh! ☀️
It's not about getting to 100%, but demonstrating the massive opportunity ☀️ + 🔋 offer.
Exciting new analysis by my colleagues @kostantsa.bsky.social and @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social
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I cannot stress enough how asinine it is for the US Senate to undermine wind and solar power.
Wind and solar are a gigantic opportunity for US energy independence and leadership.
In Texas, ALL of the electricity generation growth over the last decade came from wind and solar.
Wind and solar are a gigantic opportunity for US energy independence and leadership.
In Texas, ALL of the electricity generation growth over the last decade came from wind and solar.
June 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I cannot stress enough how asinine it is for the US Senate to undermine wind and solar power.
Wind and solar are a gigantic opportunity for US energy independence and leadership.
In Texas, ALL of the electricity generation growth over the last decade came from wind and solar.
Wind and solar are a gigantic opportunity for US energy independence and leadership.
In Texas, ALL of the electricity generation growth over the last decade came from wind and solar.
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Well the “NOAA Climate” and “NASA Climate” social media feeds - a key tool to communicate the massive challenge of climate change to the world - are now gone.
June 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well the “NOAA Climate” and “NASA Climate” social media feeds - a key tool to communicate the massive challenge of climate change to the world - are now gone.
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Apparently they are referring to this (which, as @hausfath.bsky.social explains here, emphasizes the importance of CO2 on temperature): www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-sk...
Climate skeptics have new favorite graph; it shows the opposite of what they claim
It actually makes the case that CO₂ is the dominant control on Earth’s temperature
www.theclimatebrink.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Apparently they are referring to this (which, as @hausfath.bsky.social explains here, emphasizes the importance of CO2 on temperature): www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-sk...