Andrew Freedman

Senior Reporter @CNN Climate | Signal: afreedmanclimate.03 | Tips: [email protected], [email protected] |

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Europe is about to be engulfed by one of its worst June heatwaves on record.

Peak forecast temperature next 7 days:

Amsterdam: 34°C, June record
Milan: 39°C, June record
Paris: 38°C, June record
Rome: 39°C, ties June record

Western France could hit 43°C (~110°F) on Monday.

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

Link to Capital Weather story: https://t.co/SH6DBBHfnI

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

NEWS: A bipartisan group of senators are seeking to triple the current size of NOAA’s aging Hurricane Hunter fleet, and codify NOAA’s weather recon role into law. https://t.co/sSO3AnOSgm

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

"A team of career lawyers who had spent months scrutinizing the deal were leaning toward recommending a lawsuit challenging it," the WSJ reports

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

The White House criticizes the Weather Channel for a "bullshit clickbait headline" about, well, the weather forecast tonight.

[CNN Weather @CNNweather]

In the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, a large patch of water is doing something very strange. While the rest of the ocean heats up, it’s been getting colder. A new study says it has the answer to this mystery — and it’s an ominous sign the world is hurtling toward one of the most alarming climate tipping points. https://t.co/Bs2Ri7yEe8

[Tim Gallaudet @GallaudetTim]

I’m honored to announce that the White House approved my membership on the new U.S. UAP Science Advisory Council.

[CNN Weather @CNNweather]

CNN's Laura Paddison explains how a new study links this "cold blob" in the Atlantic Ocean to the weakening and potential collapse of a critical system of ocean currents that would have catastrophic consequences worldwide.

Read more: https://t.co/bumHI91KoT

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

NEW: El Niño is officially here, and it could break records. NOAA is giving it a 63% chance of becoming one of the “largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950.” https://t.co/ZiWMfRTeaP

[Ariel Wittenberg @ArielWittenberg]

Heard from a lot of loyal readers asking if we're OK this morning following news that @politico plans to kill the @EENewsUpdates brand. There's still a lot of questions. Here's what we've told management so far:

[Sam Horowitz @Sam4Climate]

This is such a bummer, E&E has long had some of best reporting in the field. I hope Politico doesn’t make the mistake of focusing on just energy, E&E is so much more than that

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

"The bigger problem, Lulu, frankly, is not any kind of political influence. The problem was the incompetence.."

Scott Pelley talked to @LuluGNavarro about "the Bari Weiss era and his last days at 60 Minutes:" https://t.co/XLfkRLayR1

[Lulu NYT @LuluGNavarro]

Tomorrow, my exclusive interview with @ScottPelley on his firing and his last days at @60Minutes https://t.co/yzH2Ojq4pY

[Scripps Institution of Oceanography @Scripps_Ocean]

📈This just in: Scientists at @UCSanDiego's Scripps Oceanography reported that carbon dioxide levels at Mauna Loa Observatory reached 432.00 parts per million (ppm), an increase of 1.8 ppm over May 2025’s measurement of 430.2 ppm. @Keeling_curve ⤵️
https://t.co/4Mg6X8ESdv

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

THIS is a valuable thread on the model forecasts for El Niño, and how to think about the ones that are going for a record-smashing event.

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

Does El Niño forecasting have their own version of a "hot models" problem?

There are currently 13 seasonal forecast ensembles used to predict future El Niño / La Niña.

Diversity is good, but there remains broad disagreement among them, with some suggesting all-time records.

🧵

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

Scientists are sounding the alarm about a new rule that would dramatically change how the federal gov't makes grant funding decisions. The rule is extraordinarily sweeping, and could have huge impacts on health and climate research. https://t.co/vK9ecaYxv4

[Ashley Gold @ashleyrgold]

Yessss go Ben!!

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

Climate change has put the oceans in deep trouble, and now the Trump admin is ditching a $368 million deep-sea monitoring system. https://t.co/KSBFQAcdLy

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

The lack of morning weather balloons launched across the western and central U.S. is having a real, tangible impact on degrading forecast quality.

We can't look at weather balloon data that doesn't exist. We can't pump nonexistent data into models. We can't rely as heavily on models that don't "know" what's happening above our heads.

Today's severe weather forecast is less certain because we don't have weather balloon data to confirm the strength of jet stream winds aloft.

This is extremely frustrating, and is the result of logistical, organizational, political and budgetary decisions.

[Alayna Treene @alaynatreene]

Lots of new reporting on why Trump selected Bill Pulte, someone with no intelligence experience, to be his acting director of national intelligence

w/ @KristenhCNN @jeremyherb

https://t.co/RvTD4V1pnj