Hilary Beaumont
@hilarybeaumont.bsky.social
Investigative journalist covering the climate crisis
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Hey! I'm a climate journalist based in Los Angeles. I cover climate change and things that intersect with it — especially immigration, agriculture and Indigenous rights
I'm looking for my climate people over here 💚
I'm looking for my climate people over here 💚
LA Public Press republished my scoop for @insideclimatenews.org
It’s available for any outlet to republish 🤓
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California gas utilities are using your money to push gas on LA wildfire survivors.
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
California gas utilities are using your money to push gas on LA wildfire survivors
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
lapublicpress.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
LA Public Press republished my scoop for @insideclimatenews.org
It’s available for any outlet to republish 🤓
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It’s available for any outlet to republish 🤓
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Reposted by Hilary Beaumont
"The country’s largest gas utility, SoCalGas, is using funds from its customers to incentivize wildfire survivors to rebuild with fossil gas instead of going electric," writes @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202... 🔌💡
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"The country’s largest gas utility, SoCalGas, is using funds from its customers to incentivize wildfire survivors to rebuild with fossil gas instead of going electric," writes @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202... 🔌💡
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This is great reporting. To complement it, I'm reposting my post-fires analysis - rebuilding with gas puts these communities, and the communities that surround them, in multiple forms of danger.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is great reporting. To complement it, I'm reposting my post-fires analysis - rebuilding with gas puts these communities, and the communities that surround them, in multiple forms of danger.
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"I find it infuriating that they’re allowing the continued use of efficiency funds for this. This jeopardizes public health, safety, and our climate goals." - @missionvespa.bsky.social
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LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"I find it infuriating that they’re allowing the continued use of efficiency funds for this. This jeopardizes public health, safety, and our climate goals." - @missionvespa.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
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This is insane!
NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is insane!
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"Some of the rebates offered, and subsidized by ratepayers, include $600 for a gas patio heater, $750 for a gas fireplace insert, and $2,250 for a gas tankless water heater"
Matt Vespa: "SoCalGas is taking advantage of the CPUC’s outdated rules to put its thumb on the scale of wildfire rebuilding"
Matt Vespa: "SoCalGas is taking advantage of the CPUC’s outdated rules to put its thumb on the scale of wildfire rebuilding"
NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Some of the rebates offered, and subsidized by ratepayers, include $600 for a gas patio heater, $750 for a gas fireplace insert, and $2,250 for a gas tankless water heater"
Matt Vespa: "SoCalGas is taking advantage of the CPUC’s outdated rules to put its thumb on the scale of wildfire rebuilding"
Matt Vespa: "SoCalGas is taking advantage of the CPUC’s outdated rules to put its thumb on the scale of wildfire rebuilding"
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Perfect opportunity to save millions of dollars in decommissioning costs for the natural gas system, but the utility regulators are not required to responsibly manage the energy transition and are handsomely rewarded by the industry they supposedly oversee - so they will not.
NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Perfect opportunity to save millions of dollars in decommissioning costs for the natural gas system, but the utility regulators are not required to responsibly manage the energy transition and are handsomely rewarded by the industry they supposedly oversee - so they will not.
NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules”
Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
Storm surge is about to get more dangerous in Florida
Key coral species that protect the Florida coast have been declared “functionally extinct” at the same time that hurricanes are becoming stronger, a deadly combination for people on shore:
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Key coral species that protect the Florida coast have been declared “functionally extinct” at the same time that hurricanes are becoming stronger, a deadly combination for people on shore:
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Storm surge is about to get more dangerous in Florida
Key coral species that protect the Florida coast have been declared “functionally extinct” at the same time that hurricanes are becoming stronger, a deadly combination for people on shore:
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Key coral species that protect the Florida coast have been declared “functionally extinct” at the same time that hurricanes are becoming stronger, a deadly combination for people on shore:
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
Reposted by Hilary Beaumont
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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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...
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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...
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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Grateful to @ninalakhani.bsky.social for leading this investigation 💚
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🥁 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...
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...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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...
Grateful to @ninalakhani.bsky.social for leading this investigation 💚
bsky.app/profile/cove...
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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)
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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
September 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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...
drilled.media/investigatio...
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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...
The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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...
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 💔
August 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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...
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
August 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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...
I recently followed Union del Barrio volunteers on patrol at Terminal Island:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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
July 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...
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
July 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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...
But former DOE officials are alarmed that Trump is fumbling it’s potential:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Hilary Beaumont
"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...
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
July 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"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...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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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
July 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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...
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
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘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...
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...
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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
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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
July 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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...
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
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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!)
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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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June 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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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@drilledmedia.bsky.social
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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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Couldn't have happened without the support of @the-citizens.bsky.social and @globalreportingcentre.org
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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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June 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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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Couldn't have happened without the support of @the-citizens.bsky.social and @globalreportingcentre.org
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