Lois Parshley
@loisparshley.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and photographer. www.loisparshley.com Send me tips on Signal at LoisParshley.49
Weekend read: I spent months reporting on Alaska’s LNG pipeline, a $44 or $70 billion dollar project, depending on who’s counting. The reporting included dog teams north of the Arctic Circle, pricey Italian loafers, one of the world’s most endangered whales, and asks who energy policy is for.
December 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Weekend read: I spent months reporting on Alaska’s LNG pipeline, a $44 or $70 billion dollar project, depending on who’s counting. The reporting included dog teams north of the Arctic Circle, pricey Italian loafers, one of the world’s most endangered whales, and asks who energy policy is for.
This isn’t just an Alaska story. The U.S. is now the world’s largest LNG exporter—an industry increasingly built on debt, not demand. Analysts warn the LNG sector may be approaching a bubble, with investors exposed to climate risks and weakening markets.
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This isn’t just an Alaska story. The U.S. is now the world’s largest LNG exporter—an industry increasingly built on debt, not demand. Analysts warn the LNG sector may be approaching a bubble, with investors exposed to climate risks and weakening markets.
Independent analysts say costs could exceed $70 billion. The state has already spent $600+ million on planning and permitting, and Sec. Wright told me $30 billion in federal loan guarantees are "likely." Yet the manager of the publicly-funded entity advancing it says, “There are no subsidies.”
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Independent analysts say costs could exceed $70 billion. The state has already spent $600+ million on planning and permitting, and Sec. Wright told me $30 billion in federal loan guarantees are "likely." Yet the manager of the publicly-funded entity advancing it says, “There are no subsidies.”
🧵 No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and billions on the line: This investigation details the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die. A pillar of the Trump administration's “energy dominance” agenda, the President hails it as “truly spectacular.” So is its price tag.
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🧵 No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and billions on the line: This investigation details the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die. A pillar of the Trump administration's “energy dominance” agenda, the President hails it as “truly spectacular.” So is its price tag.
This story is hilarious (and a much better use in newsrooms than Reuters’ chatbot-authored pieces.) It’s also why AI shouldn’t be making decisions about what healthcare your insurance covers. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
December 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This story is hilarious (and a much better use in newsrooms than Reuters’ chatbot-authored pieces.) It’s also why AI shouldn’t be making decisions about what healthcare your insurance covers. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
It notes that Kimball both works for the industry and sits on federal body overseeing the Bering Sea’s fisheries - but ignores that's a conflict of interest. As I reported last year, smaller-scale fishermen, lawmakers, and tribal governments say this system is designed to protect the industry.
December 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It notes that Kimball both works for the industry and sits on federal body overseeing the Bering Sea’s fisheries - but ignores that's a conflict of interest. As I reported last year, smaller-scale fishermen, lawmakers, and tribal governments say this system is designed to protect the industry.
An excellent articulation of media criticism here that applies much more broadly than to New York’s mayoral race lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
An excellent articulation of media criticism here that applies much more broadly than to New York’s mayoral race lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Thawing permafrost is exposing bedrock, beginning a destructive process that releases sulfuric acid and oxidizes iron into a toxic cocktail remarkably similar to acid rock drainage. And “there’s simply nothing that can be done, other than fix climate change,” a biogeochemist told me.
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thawing permafrost is exposing bedrock, beginning a destructive process that releases sulfuric acid and oxidizes iron into a toxic cocktail remarkably similar to acid rock drainage. And “there’s simply nothing that can be done, other than fix climate change,” a biogeochemist told me.
Ecologist Patrick Sullivan was studying the slow advance of trees into what had been tundra, a sign of the Arctic's rapidly changing climate, when he discovered something far more surprising: Rivers across northern Alaska were turning a bright, toxic orange.
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ecologist Patrick Sullivan was studying the slow advance of trees into what had been tundra, a sign of the Arctic's rapidly changing climate, when he discovered something far more surprising: Rivers across northern Alaska were turning a bright, toxic orange.
My hope is always to explain how science impacts people's daily realities. As the federal government turns its focus to the West, I'm deeply committed to reporting on what that means for the people who live here.
So inspired by the work recognized here: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10…
So inspired by the work recognized here: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10…
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My hope is always to explain how science impacts people's daily realities. As the federal government turns its focus to the West, I'm deeply committed to reporting on what that means for the people who live here.
So inspired by the work recognized here: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10…
So inspired by the work recognized here: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10…
Sees your frogs, raises to Alaska’s megafauna.
October 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sees your frogs, raises to Alaska’s megafauna.
After firing too many people this spring, NOAA is now re-hiring. Like other federal hires since May, the application requires people to discuss their loyalty and willingness to advance the President's policies. Critics warn they act as political litmus tests.
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
After firing too many people this spring, NOAA is now re-hiring. Like other federal hires since May, the application requires people to discuss their loyalty and willingness to advance the President's policies. Critics warn they act as political litmus tests.
Besides the timing error that suggest neither the writer or the editor had actually read the play, this scene is about how all of Macbeth's bloody deeds and his rise to power only led him to despair—continuing the trend of these assholes misreading the texts they draw from.
July 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Besides the timing error that suggest neither the writer or the editor had actually read the play, this scene is about how all of Macbeth's bloody deeds and his rise to power only led him to despair—continuing the trend of these assholes misreading the texts they draw from.
She prefers winter.
June 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
She prefers winter.
This perfectly expresses the frustration I’ve been having about media’s insistence on character-driven narratives, and the way that constricts the ability to report certain stories in these times of systemic failures. (Also very excited to read Ocean Vuong’s new book.)
May 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This perfectly expresses the frustration I’ve been having about media’s insistence on character-driven narratives, and the way that constricts the ability to report certain stories in these times of systemic failures. (Also very excited to read Ocean Vuong’s new book.)
It’s the time of year where I start to miss sunsets! Taking all recommendations for blackout curtains that aren’t terrible…
April 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s the time of year where I start to miss sunsets! Taking all recommendations for blackout curtains that aren’t terrible…
🚨Do you like bikes? Trump's Department of Transportation plans to cut funding for safer streets.
An internal memo called for a funding freeze and review of bike lanes & pedestrian safety projects, including specifically those that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities."
An internal memo called for a funding freeze and review of bike lanes & pedestrian safety projects, including specifically those that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities."
March 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🚨Do you like bikes? Trump's Department of Transportation plans to cut funding for safer streets.
An internal memo called for a funding freeze and review of bike lanes & pedestrian safety projects, including specifically those that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities."
An internal memo called for a funding freeze and review of bike lanes & pedestrian safety projects, including specifically those that “improve the condition for environmental justice communities."
In SW Alaska, the Mulchatna caribou herd has lost 90% of its population since the ‘90s. To try to help, the AK Department of Fish & Game flew over nearly 3,000 square miles and shot every bear and wolf they saw, including cubs. They don't know how many bears there were, but claim to have killed 74%.
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
In SW Alaska, the Mulchatna caribou herd has lost 90% of its population since the ‘90s. To try to help, the AK Department of Fish & Game flew over nearly 3,000 square miles and shot every bear and wolf they saw, including cubs. They don't know how many bears there were, but claim to have killed 74%.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center suggests a tornado could move across the South next week. Meanwhile, 11 out of 38 NWS offices in central U.S. are now “critically” understaffed, and NWS employees credit cards are limited to $1, preventing travel and repairs needed for tornado damage surveys.
February 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center suggests a tornado could move across the South next week. Meanwhile, 11 out of 38 NWS offices in central U.S. are now “critically” understaffed, and NWS employees credit cards are limited to $1, preventing travel and repairs needed for tornado damage surveys.
3. For TWO YEARS, Austin kept reapplying. He lost his car. He had to beg strangers for diapers.
Former Legal Aid attorney @kevindeliban.bsky.social has found AI and related technologies are already influencing basic decisions for almost all 92 million low-income Americans like Austin.
Former Legal Aid attorney @kevindeliban.bsky.social has found AI and related technologies are already influencing basic decisions for almost all 92 million low-income Americans like Austin.
February 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
3. For TWO YEARS, Austin kept reapplying. He lost his car. He had to beg strangers for diapers.
Former Legal Aid attorney @kevindeliban.bsky.social has found AI and related technologies are already influencing basic decisions for almost all 92 million low-income Americans like Austin.
Former Legal Aid attorney @kevindeliban.bsky.social has found AI and related technologies are already influencing basic decisions for almost all 92 million low-income Americans like Austin.
It’s a little haunting.
February 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s a little haunting.
To understand what’s behind “Red, White, and Blueland,” you have to know what Trump donors’ financial interests in Greenland are.
Read more: www.levernews.com/trumps-tech-... @levernews.com
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February 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
To understand what’s behind “Red, White, and Blueland,” you have to know what Trump donors’ financial interests in Greenland are.
Read more: www.levernews.com/trumps-tech-... @levernews.com
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January 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If you'd like to share information with me through encrypted means, I'm on Signal at LoisParshley.49, or via ProtonMail at [email protected].
The fact that neither the Washington Post nor the New York Times thought that it was important to include that Trump firing inspectors general breaks federal law in their headline or dek is troubling.
January 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The fact that neither the Washington Post nor the New York Times thought that it was important to include that Trump firing inspectors general breaks federal law in their headline or dek is troubling.