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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats Damian! 🥳

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 16d

In this investigation, @theguardian.com reporters @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social detail how fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with state lawmakers to push legislation that criminalizes peaceful protest and boosts punishments. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Revealed: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Helps Spread Anti-Protest Laws Across the US
THE GUARDIAN | WRITING
Hilary Beaumont & Nina Lakhani

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 20d

Editors: if you're working on an investigation and need someone to create and execute a FOIA strategy, please get in touch, hilarybeaumontjournalist [at] gmail [dot] com

We just won an award for an investigation where I did just that:
coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you to Covering Climate Now Awards judges for recognizing our @theguardian.com investigation into how the fossil fuel industry is spreading anti-protest laws across America

Grateful to @ninalakhani.bsky.social for leading this investigation 💚

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 21d

🥁 Drumroll please...

An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;

A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;

And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...

The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...

www.coveringclimatenow.org

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · Sep 8

When I started reporting out a podcast on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial, accusing GP of fueling the Standing Rock movement, I had no idea the twists & turns the reporting would take. Here are some key documents I uncovered as I worked on SLAPP'd (THREAD)

drilled.media/investigatio...

SLAPP’d

The story of an Indigenous nation fighting for its water, an environmental nonprofit facing extinction, and an energy giant using the courts to punish protestors.

drilled.media

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adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty.

The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Aug 22

Coming home to a wildfire. Not normal for Nova Scotia 💔

The image shows smoke from a wildfire below, seen from a plane window

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Aug 8

At 6 am, volunteer Amanda Trebach was holding a protest sign when a group of masked agents violently detained her, according to Union del Barrio. They say she was thrown to the ground "pretty damn hard."

Agents alleged she "assaulted" a federal vehicle, but Union del Barrio says that's false.

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Aug 8

NEW: Federal agents arrested a Union del Barrio volunteer/US citizen this morning while she was patrolling Terminal Island monitoring ICE activity

I recently followed Union del Barrio volunteers on patrol at Terminal Island:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside the neighborhood patrols watching for Ice: ‘They thought they could scare us – but this is LA’

Volunteers with Unión del Barrio look for immigration officers and post videos and alerts, warning people to seek shelter

www.theguardian.com

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · Jul 31

A recent study finds that enhanced geothermal, with policy support, could become cost competitive by 2030. But this 24/7 carbon-free electricity source is being held back due to new Foreign Entity Of Concern limits on tax credits & Trump's deep cuts at the Loan Program Office & other DOE programs.

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry

www.theguardian.com

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jul 30

Respect to you for taking this on as a freelancer, and I hope your story has some impact. I wish I could see this film, I would probably cry too.

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jul 30

Geothermal is one of the most promising clean energy sources in the US, providing 24/7 renewable power that could meet rising demand from AI datacentres

But former DOE officials are alarmed that Trump is fumbling it’s potential:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry

www.theguardian.com

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Enviro Matters @enviromatters.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Behind the scenes, geothermal companies are “freaking out” about the steel tariffs, Shah said. “They don’t want to say anything negative, lest the Eye of Sauron find them” 🧐

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry

www.theguardian.com

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · Jul 29

SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them

New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.

www.wired.com

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jul 29

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: How Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

I spoke to former deputy energy secretary David Turk and former director of DOE loans program @jigarshahdc.bsky.social about how Trump’s policies are harming this bipartisan clean tech

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry

www.theguardian.com

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · Jul 18

My new massive piece on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial includes never-reported details of the settlement ET offered GP. It would have thrown the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe under the bus. For @grist.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social

grist.org/project/indi...

Standing Rock was an Indigenous-led movement. Why did Greenpeace take the fall?

The inside story of how Greenpeace stood with water protectors — and got hit with a $666 million court judgment.

grist.org

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 17

Can’t wait to hear the rest of this podcast series. Who is the shady man in episode one with an envelope full of cash??! 👀

@drilledmedia.bsky.social

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · Jun 3

Maybe you heard how Greenpeace lost a $666 million lawsuit blaming the nonprofit for the Standing Rock movement, the fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline? Today we launch ep1 of SLAPP'd, a podcast that explores the question: How the hell did this happen? (reported by me!)

push.fm/fl/drilled

Drilled by Critical Frequency | Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music | PUSH.fm

View Critical Frequency's Podcast Link. Listen to Drilled on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music now.

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 16

Feeling grateful to see our hard work valued in this way

Couldn't have happened without the support of @the-citizens.bsky.social and @globalreportingcentre.org

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Global Reporting Centre @globalreportingcentre.org · Jun 12

Congratulations to @ozhibiiige.bsky.social and @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social, whose feature story for @highcountrynews.org won the @indigenousja.bsky.social 2025 Indigenous Media Award for Best Long-Form/Magazine Story. bit.ly/44mC8gr

New DNA technique could bring closure for families of missing and murdered Indigenous people - High Country News

But experts say this risks DNA sovereignty.

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 12

A new generation of weather forecasters is live-streaming tornadoes and hurricanes to millions of YouTube subscribers - but you won’t hear them talk about climate change:

“If I were to be direct with it, we would just lose 40 percent of our audience immediately.”

www.wired.com/story/the-vi...

The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government

Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to track extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases issuing alerts faster than the National Weather Service.

www.wired.com

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 12

I see what you’re saying, but also the storm streamers rely on the NWS/NOAA too - there is no replacement for the radar, weather balloons, planes flying into hurricanes, scientists, etc. Everything can be politicized though…

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WIRED @wired.com · Jun 11

Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE. www.wired.com/story/the-vi...

The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government

Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE.

www.wired.com

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 11

Let’s goooo 🌪️

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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · Jun 11

Social media hype monetized content pouring into the growing public service void?
The plot to Twisters 3?

Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 11

The viral storm streamers predicting deadly tornadoes faster than the National Weather Service

They use AI bots to offer real-time updates to millions of subscribers

But you won’t hear them talk about climate change - they don’t want to alienate viewers in red states
www.wired.com/story/the-vi...

The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government

Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE.

www.wired.com

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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 11

Super fun working on this w @manishakrishnan.bsky.social 🌪️🌪️🌪️

Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · Jun 11

The viral storm streamers predicting deadly tornadoes faster than the National Weather Service

They use AI bots to offer real-time updates to millions of subscribers

But you won’t hear them talk about climate change - they don’t want to alienate viewers in red states
www.wired.com/story/the-vi...

The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government

Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE.

www.wired.com

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