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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 1d

About that EF5 tornado drought... it, um, well, ended. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/w...

First EF5 tornado to strike the US in over a decade just confirmed by experts | CNN

The most rare and extreme form of tornado struck eastern North Dakota in June, but experts just determined how strong it really was.

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 9d

A leading Democrat in the Senate just released an important report documenting how NASA has been working to implement the president's proposed budget, not Congressionally approved funds, in slashing missions. Read more ⬇️

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 9d

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
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Philippe Papin @pppapin.bsky.social · 8d

And with the 15z advisories -- #Hurricane #Imdelda & #Humberto are just 479 miles apart.

This might be the closest two simultaneous hurricanes have ever been in the Atlantic basin in the satellite era (since ~1975).

Close enough for their outer sfc circulations to interact as well.

Great Circle Distance tool calculator available here -- https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gccalc.shtml

Weathernerds image of the 06 UTC GFS forecast valid 15 UTC today showing 10 m winds (shaded), direction (barbs), and sea-level pressure (black contours).

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 7d

"Beautiful clean coal" really feeling the love from the Trump admin this wk, w/ 13.1 million acres of public lands opened to mining and $625 million to keep power plants open. It'll be interesting to see if these measures are enough to make coal competitive. www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/c...

Trump is handing out public land and millions of dollars to revive big coal, sending advocates reeling | CNN

While the Trump administration wages war against clean energy, it is now vowing to lease millions of acres of public lands at a discount and spend hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up the most p...

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 8d

With two tropical cyclones currently spinning off the Southeast Coast, it's worth asking, what happens if a hurricane hits the US during a gov't shutdown? Details here about how NOAA and FEMA may fare... www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/w...

What happens if a hurricane makes landfall while the government is shut down | CNN

Tropical Storm Imelda swirling off the Southeast coast is a stark reminder that the potential government shutdown looms during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 13d

Goals are to cut emissions from peak year (likely 2025) of 7-10% by 2035. The renewables goals are eye-popping though, especially compared to the capacity in other countries like the US.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 13d

China commits to new emissions reduction goals, but they're far short of where other countries & activists had hoped. In making the announcement, President Xi Jinping seemingly dinged the US' focus on fossil fuels... www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/c...

China commits to cutting up to 10% of its climate pollution, short of the goal other countries sought of it | CNN

The goal, announced via video by Chinese President Xi Jinping, falls far short of the 30% cuts the Biden administration had been pressing for.

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 14d

Think of it as detectives gathering evidence at a crime scene.

Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 14d

Innovative new "plume" maps from @climatetrace.org show you how to identify and track emissions from the polluters you're exposed to. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/c...

How to track the super polluters next door | CNN

A new tool allows people in the world’s largest metros to track their air pollution exposure and who’s doing the polluting.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 14d

Innovative new "plume" maps from @climatetrace.org show you how to identify and track emissions from the polluters you're exposed to. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/c...

How to track the super polluters next door | CNN

A new tool allows people in the world’s largest metros to track their air pollution exposure and who’s doing the polluting.

www.cnn.com

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 15d

Startling new study on water resources finds that "Day Zero" droughts can be anticipated within this decade in certain hotspots, incl. North America. www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/c... Via @laurapaddison.bsky.social

Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade | CNN

Many parts of world face are predicted to endure periods of unprecedented extreme water scarcity, which could happen as soon as this decade in certain hotspots.

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 19d

In 2021, the blob -- aka marine heat wave in the Pacific -- killed over a billion sea creatures. www.scientificamerican.com/article/paci....

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 19d

The Pacific "blob" is back, except this time it stretches across the entire North Pacific Ocean Basin. This is altering weather patterns, led to Japan's hottest summer on record, and could affect your winter weather too. Also hit hard is marine life. www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/c...

Map showing sea surface temperature anomalies across the North Pacific Ocean Basin as of Sept. 18, 2025.

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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 20d

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse.

new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Record wildfire smoke kills more people each year than car crashes. It’s about to get worse.

The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: NASA has banned scientists from China with US visas from working at the space agency, cutting access to facilities, supercomputers, conference calls etc. W/ @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/s...

Trump admin escalates space race with China, banning visa-holding scientists from working at NASA | CNN

NASA has banned Chinese citizens with US visas from participating in agency programs — a dramatic escalation in the space race between China and the United States.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 27d

In case you haven't seen, DOE did confirm the disbanding with CNN. The report is not being withdrawn at this point, though. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

Trump administration dissolves climate contrarian group that authored controversial report | CNN

The group’s end can be traced to a lawsuit alleging the group’s formation violated federal law in several ways.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: Trump administration dissolves group that authored controversial report sowing doubt in the severity of climate change. BUT the report the working group produced is not being withdrawn. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

Trump administration dissolves climate contrarian group that authored controversial report | CNN

The group’s end can be traced to a lawsuit alleging the group’s formation violated federal law in several ways.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 28d

Groundbreaking climate study ties individual fossil fuel companies to extreme heat events, a potential game-changer for climate lawsuits. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications | CNN

For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ex...

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 29d

The Trump administration, from the CDC to EPA to NOAA, is going to war with established climate science.

I, along w/@blkahn.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social, try to capture the big picture of what's already happened & what's at stake.

Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace

The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Sep 5

EPA moves to suspend >100 employees w/out pay who signed a letter criticizing the agency's actions under current leadership for "conduct unbecoming of a federal employee." www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/c...

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Are you in DC on Saturday? Stop by the Library of Congress National Book Festival and say hi! www.loc.gov/events/2025-...

Finding Hope: Thinking About the Environment with Kate Marvel and Alan Weisman

How does it feel to live in a changing world? To feel one way about the environment and another way about it the next day? Kate Marvel (“Human Nature”) and Alan Weisman (“Hope Dies Last”) have been as...

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Amy McGovern @profamymcgovern.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is AI2ES, my AI institute. No way around it other than to say this is really awful. We are doing so many amazing things! We want to keep doing amazing things but without this level of funding, we will not be able to do so.

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · Sep 2

Another blow to meteorological R&D this morning, as it was confirmed that NSF is terminating funding for its main weather and earth science focused AI research institute led by the Univ. of Oklahoma. Also - a LOT of weather to talk about, especially in the West. More: https://tinyurl.com/mr2znbdb

NSF terminates funding for its main meteorology focused AI institute

In weather, lots of potential threats in the West this week

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · Sep 2

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Sep 2

For example, the comments fault the report for failing to note the acceleration in sea level rise, and for faulting climate models when in fact they have matched up well with reality www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/c... 4/4

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Sep 2

The comments, which amount to a peer review of a scientific assessment that itself did NOT undergo peer review, notes “pervasive problems with misrepresentation and selective citation of the scientific literature” 3/

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Sep 2

The comments criticize the report for containing errors, having a high rate of self-citations, ignoring relevant studies with contrary findings, and “cherry-picking of data, and faulty or absent statistics” 2/

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