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...

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...

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 💚 bsky.app/profile/cove...

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...

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

"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...

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:

‘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...

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...

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 bsky.app/profile/alle...

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 bsky.app/profile/glob...

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...

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...

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

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...

"As the Trump administration slashes federal weather forecasting staff and climate change supercharges storms, their reports are not only entertaining, but crucial and potentially life-saving." By @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social via @wired.com

Law enforcement is violently targeting press at protests around Los Angeles, from easily recognizable "mainstream" outlets to freelancers and independents. ALL press have explicit legal protections in California. #JournalismIsNotACrime. This evidence thread may get graphic. 🧵👇

In LA, protesters have come face-to-face in recent days with members of law enforcement wielding “nonlethal” weapons. While these are regularly used in the United States to disperse public demonstrations, they can cause serious injuries.

I'll be on @kalwradio.bsky.social at 10:30 am PT talking about how Trump administration cuts have disrupted LA's wildfire recovery And, how ICE raids could affect fire cleanup workers - many of them immigrants, some undocumented www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

Thank you @jeremotographs.bsky.social and other journalists covering the protests and National Guard deployment in LA, follow these folks. Stay safe out there bsky.app/profile/jere...

Happy Pride to all queer folks in the climate/energy world. As a bi climate journalist, I see you. We have access to complex worldviews and different ways of seeing relationships and community, so we are a vital part of the climate conversation in these dark times 🌏🏳️‍🌈✨ bsky.app/profile/sevi...

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations, yet as Canada warms, they’re disappearing. Building permanent roads to tiny settlements can cost $100M+. Who would pay? Mines. @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social talks to the communities weighing up the trade offs. grist.org/indigenous/i...

So much disinformation around these rules. They encourage manufacturers to make more heat pumps, they do not ban gas appliances I’m told there’s increased security at today’s vote because the rules are viewed as controversial - following a gas industry opposition campaign bsky.app/profile/evan...

"With another wildfire season on the horizon, Ishida is thinking about the future of Los Angeles if climate change continues to worsen. “We’re not going to be the only community that burns,” Ishida said. “We’re not going to be the last if we continue down this stretch.”

Tomorrow, clean air rules for Southern California - one of the most polluted air basins in the US - are going to a final vote The gas industry has been hard at work weakening these rules, including lobbying against them during the January wildfires www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing. Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help. grist.org/indigenous/i... #Canada #Indigenous #Climate #Environment #ice

Read this by @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social @floodlightnews.org about the gas lobby's full-court press ahead of Friday's vote at SCAQMD on (slowly) phasing out gas appliances.

The Trump administration's recent cuts to USAID are putting Indigenous peoples at risk. In the Amazon, for instance, no USAID support may lead to a resurgence of the cocaine market, increased threats to Indigenous land and potentially violent challenges to human rights. grist.org/indigenous/c...

‘Putting profit over people’: big gas is waging war on a California clean air rule Coalition that includes SoCalGas, country’s largest gas utility, has launched fierce campaign against transition away from gas-fired appliances Republished @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New investigation from @floodlightnews.org shows SoCalGas pressured city leaders and launched a fierce disinformation campaign against clean appliance rules in SoCal. The AQMD plan (rules 1111 and 1121) have been weakened but not killed -- the vote is this Friday. floodlightnews.org/the-gas-lobb...

"A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against a transition away from gas-fired furnaces and water heaters." The rules are going to a vote on June 6: floodlightnews.org/the-gas-lobb... by @floodlightnews.org's @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social 🔌💡

another excellent piece from @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social

The gas lobby is weakening Southern California’s boldest clean-air plan in decades A coalition that includes SoCalGas has launched a fierce campaign against rules that are going to a final vote this Friday Scoop from me ⤵️ floodlightnews.org/the-gas-lobb...

Workers who were connecting LA wildfire survivors with housing were suddenly cut by the Trump administration: “Survivors just kept calling us … and we weren’t able to help” Here’s how the cuts are affecting each federal agency involved in LA wildfire recovery: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This article does a good job of showing the impact of #Trump administration’s cuts to #FEMA, #AmeriCorps, #SBA, #USACE, #EPA, & other entities providing services & resources to people after #disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #EM #greysky #LACounty #EatonFire #PalisadesFire

How Trump’s cuts to federal agencies are harming LA’s wildfire recovery “Survivors just kept calling us … And we weren’t able to help” “I think of one survivor calling over and over, getting my voicemail, and thinking that Fema has abandoned them” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing. Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help. grist.org/indigenous/i... #Mining #Trucking #Canada #Roads #Ontario #Indigenous

This was a fascinating read in about five different ways - glimpse into a community, climate change, logistics, politics local & international, history... grist.org/indigenous/i...

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing. Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help. grist.org/indigenous/i... #Canada #Mining #Indigenous #Trucks #Tribes #Mobility

More than 50 First Nations depend on 3,700 miles of winter roads to transport essential supplies, like fuel and lumber for housing. But as the climate warms, the ice roads are disappearing. Communities are under pressure to accept mining in exchange for all-season roads grist.org/indigenous/i...

From @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social & @jessieboulard.bsky.social for @grist.org & @indiginews.bsky.social: More than 50 First Nations depend on approximately 3,700 miles of winter roads. There are no paved roads connecting these Indigenous communities to the nearest cities. 🧵 grist.org/indigenous/i...

Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations in Canada, but as the climate warms, they’re disappearing. Many communities are under pressure to allow mining on their territories to get all-season roads built ⤵️ grist.org/indigenous/i...

Here is a rundown of exactly how the GOP proposal would change every clean energy tax credit. While it looks like a bunch of nips and tucks, it's probably more akin to a full repeal. More analysis from us to come. heatmap.news/politics/way...

In Canada, shorter and warmer winters are threatening activities key to Indigenous communities’ economies and culture, such as broomball, hockey, ice fishing, and goose hunting. By @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

How the climate crisis threatens Indigenous traditions in Canada “Global warming has disrupted every activity we do, like hunting for sustenance” 2nd story in this series, thanks to @pulitzercenter.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

By me: the winners and losers of Trump’s first tariff war suggest independent farms in MAGA heartlands will again be hit hardest - and probably worse this time, with major corporations best placed to cash-in again, with analysis by @foodandwater.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...