Lois Parshley
@loisparshley.bsky.social
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Case in point: Alaska’s LNG project. In case you missed it grist.org/energy/alask...
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Case in point: Alaska’s LNG project. In case you missed it grist.org/energy/alask...
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In this article republished by the @alaskabeacon.com, @grist.org writer Lois Parshley takes a hard look at Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
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Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas | Alaska Beacon
Major oil companies have backed away over the last decade because of the project’s steep price tag and a lack of firm commitments from buyers.
alaskabeacon.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In this article republished by the @alaskabeacon.com, @grist.org writer Lois Parshley takes a hard look at Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/22/a...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/12/22/a...
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‘It’s Just Us’: The Firefighter, His Son and a Treacherous Choice
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"The pipeline has become a mirror, reflecting an enduring faith in a future powered by fossil fuels. It hearkens back to a time when deals were struck behind closed doors and entire economies bent to the will of a few."
Excellent reporting by @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org.
Excellent reporting by @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org.
Declining credit quality, one recent report warns, could lead to debt packaging “similar to the 2008 mortgage crisis.” As one source told me, “Every taxpayer should be furious that the federal government is chasing this project."
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Alaska's $44 billion bet on natural gas
No-bid deals, undisclosed contracts, and millions already spent: Inside the wild story of the Alaska gas pipeline that will not die.
grist.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"The pipeline has become a mirror, reflecting an enduring faith in a future powered by fossil fuels. It hearkens back to a time when deals were struck behind closed doors and entire economies bent to the will of a few."
Excellent reporting by @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org.
Excellent reporting by @loisparshley.bsky.social for @grist.org.
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.
🧵 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.
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The US has already lost 12% of its current income due to climate change. Most studies project future losses, but new research from the University of Arizona has calculated the costs to date.
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#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
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#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
Climate change's hidden price tag: a drop in our income
By linking decades of weather and income data, University of Arizona economist Derek Lemoine shows how routine temperature shifts have already become an economic force.
news.arizona.edu
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The US has already lost 12% of its current income due to climate change. Most studies project future losses, but new research from the University of Arizona has calculated the costs to date.
news.arizona.edu/news/climate...
#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
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#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
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...
Here's why yesterday's @nytimes.com article on rusting rivers misses the boat. For Nat Geo earlier this fall, I reported on how thawing permafrost is exposing bedrock, releasing sulfuric acid and oxidizing iron into a toxic cocktail remarkably similar to acid rock drainage.
Why are Alaska’s rivers turning bright orange? Scientists have a theory.
The dramatic shift is a warning sign—and scientists say the changes that aren't yet visible to the naked eye are just as troubling.
www.nationalgeographic.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Here's why yesterday's @nytimes.com article on rusting rivers misses the boat. For Nat Geo earlier this fall, I reported on how thawing permafrost is exposing bedrock, releasing sulfuric acid and oxidizing iron into a toxic cocktail remarkably similar to acid rock drainage.
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The Miami Herald tracked 16,569 flood complaints from over 12,000 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward over the last 11 years, and found 32% were outside the newly-expanded 500-year flood zones scheduled to go into effect as early as 2026: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Miami Herald tracked 16,569 flood complaints from over 12,000 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward over the last 11 years, and found 32% were outside the newly-expanded 500-year flood zones scheduled to go into effect as early as 2026: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
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By me and @andy-rowell.bsky.social
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials
Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
By me and @andy-rowell.bsky.social
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is really good, nuanced reporting about pricing climate risks - and the groups who do it - that gets at why Zillow removing its climate scores is a complicated story.
Hi, in case you're curious, we looked at the performance of different models last year:
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Risky Business of Predicting Where Climate Disaster Will Hit
Climate tech companies can calculate the chances that a flood or wildfire will ravage your home. But what if their odds are all different?
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is really good, nuanced reporting about pricing climate risks - and the groups who do it - that gets at why Zillow removing its climate scores is a complicated story.
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This gift season buy books! For example! Mobility is about oil & human frailty! It has scenic locations & a polarizing protagonist loved ones can argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/mobi....
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Mobility: A Novel
A Novel
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November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This gift season buy books! For example! Mobility is about oil & human frailty! It has scenic locations & a polarizing protagonist loved ones can argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/mobi....
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Golden State has scenic rural CA & a frazzled mom they can also argue about! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Reuters has a new story on state insurer-of-last-resort programs being stretched to their limits, using data from @cplusc.bsky.social's recent report.
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
How a US home insurance fix is becoming a problem
U.S. states have set up insurers to provide protection in disaster-prone areas that private insurance has avoided. They are taking on more risks as calamities become widespread.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reuters has a new story on state insurer-of-last-resort programs being stretched to their limits, using data from @cplusc.bsky.social's recent report.
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
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More than 1 in 4 physicians surveyed by the AMA in December said that prior authorization had led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. And 8% responded that prior authorization led to a disability, birth defect, or death. #RSNA25
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After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late. - KFF Health News
Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer c...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
More than 1 in 4 physicians surveyed by the AMA in December said that prior authorization had led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. And 8% responded that prior authorization led to a disability, birth defect, or death. #RSNA25
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Fossil fuel companies have been doing this for years. grist.org/internationa...
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fossil fuel companies have been doing this for years. grist.org/internationa...
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From @advaitarun.bsky.social's phenomenal data center report. Two interdependent factors decide which firms survive a bust:
1. Anticipated revenues are *deemed by investors* as insufficient to collateralize debt
2. Who seizes market share when the worst happens publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
1. Anticipated revenues are *deemed by investors* as insufficient to collateralize debt
2. Who seizes market share when the worst happens publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
From @advaitarun.bsky.social's phenomenal data center report. Two interdependent factors decide which firms survive a bust:
1. Anticipated revenues are *deemed by investors* as insufficient to collateralize debt
2. Who seizes market share when the worst happens publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
1. Anticipated revenues are *deemed by investors* as insufficient to collateralize debt
2. Who seizes market share when the worst happens publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm sorry, I'm still having a hard time getting over that the owner of the NY Times is in the Epstein files thing and they haven't even acknowledged this in any reporting.
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"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market
Debt issued by groups building data centres has been hit in recent weeks
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Investors have been selling off the debt of US tech heavyweights, showing how jitters over Silicon Valley’s boom in spending on artificial intelligence have spilled into the bond market."
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Trump's dream of an Alaskan oil boom is feeling more like a bust
Donald Trump's dream of an Alaskan oil boom is feeling more like a bust
His team declared the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge "open for business." For now, nobody's buying.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Trump's dream of an Alaskan oil boom is feeling more like a bust
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...
Medicare is about to start using AI to help determine prior authorization, even as companies like UnitedHealthcare face lawsuits about similar AI use.
Last year, I spoke to multiple families who had been wrongfully denied social services they qualified for because of algorithmic decisionmaking.
Last year, I spoke to multiple families who had been wrongfully denied social services they qualified for because of algorithmic decisionmaking.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Medicare is about to start using AI to help determine prior authorization, even as companies like UnitedHealthcare face lawsuits about similar AI use.
Last year, I spoke to multiple families who had been wrongfully denied social services they qualified for because of algorithmic decisionmaking.
Last year, I spoke to multiple families who had been wrongfully denied social services they qualified for because of algorithmic decisionmaking.
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.