@_TonyBriscoe

air quality and environmental health reporter @LATimes | past bylines @ProPublica and @ChicagoTribune | Michigan State alum | email ➡️ [email protected]

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🧵When the Eaton and Palisades fires razed thousands of homes, many survivors hoped that federal disaster agencies would give them a clean slate to rebuild upon. But months later, many people feel as though they have been short-changed. latimes.com/environment/stor…

Homeowners say the Army Corps and its contractors mishandled L.A. fire debris cleanup

Complaints by survivors and internal government reports reveal a number of lapses and inconsistencies in Eaton and Palisades wildfire cleanup.

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California had a $1 billion idea — help electrify our massive trucking industry. It hasn’t gone very well and included examples of alleged fraud latimes.com/environment/stor…
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Broken buses and nonexistent vehicles: Inside California’s troubled $1 billion clean subsidy program latimes.com/environment/stor…
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A truck company founder was indicted for fraud. California still paid $50 million for its vehicles latimes.com/environment/stor…

A truck company founder was indicted for fraud. California still paid $50 million for its vehicles

Nikola Corp.'s former CEO was indicted for fraud. His company's vehicles were the most heavily subsidized in California’s $1-billion clean truck incentive program on average.

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California spent $1 billion on a clean truck voucher program designed to cut pollution and accelerate zero-emission sales. Now, the program is roiled by accusations of fraud, broken buses and poor oversight. Here’s what our analysis revealed ⬇️ latimes.com/environment/stor…

California spent over $1 billion subsidizing clean transit. Accusations of fraud and waste followed

A premier California green transportation initiative is roiled by accusations of fraud, waste and poor oversight. Officials insist it is managed effectively.

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New bill in Congress seeks to investigate toxic dump off California coast latimes.com/environment/stor…

New bill in Congress seeks to investigate toxic dump off California coast

The bill was prompted by Los Angeles Times reporting that revealed as many as half a million barrels of toxic waste had been dumped into the ocean off Southern California.

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A few photos from the Bears, 7-27, win against the Eagles at Soldier Field Monday night in Chicago.
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California rules on air pollution from ships under challenge latimes.com/environment/news…

California rules on air pollution from ships under challenge

The Trump administration asked Congress to reverse California's authority to address shipping pollution, and the House agreed.

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Come on man. Do you know what city you’re serving ?
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Lionel Richie hospitalized. Who is he? freep.com/story/entertainmen…

Lionel Richie hospitalized in ICU after dehydration during tour

Award-winning singer and Motown legend Lionel Richie was hospitalized in St. Louis being treated for possible dehydration.

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California’s Air Resources Board will start tracking estimates of the climate-warming methane that bubbles up from the state’s dams and reservoirs. latimes.com/environment/stor…

Tons of planet-warming gases are bubbling up from reservoirs. California is going to keep track

California's Air Resources Board will start tracking estimates of the climate-warming methane that bubbles up from the state's dams and reservoirs.

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Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' freep.com/story/news/politic…

Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

The announcement by President Trump was reminiscent of his 2025 action, when he signed a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America.

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On Aug. 25 at 4 p.m. ET, join ProPublica’s Mark Olalde and journalists @scribeguy, @_TonyBriscoe and Halle Parker to discuss the unprecedented rollback of the Clean Air Act and what it means for public health in urban and rural communities nationwide: events.propublica.org/clean-…
Text: Clean Air Act: Dismantling One of the Country's Bedrock Environmental Laws. Tuesday, Aug. 25. 4 p.m. Eastern time. Image: A street lined with identical one-story houses on a green hill. Smoke stacks rise out of tall trees in the distance.

ALT Text: Clean Air Act: Dismantling One of the Country's Bedrock Environmental Laws. Tuesday, Aug. 25. 4 p.m. Eastern time. Image: A street lined with identical one-story houses on a green hill. Smoke stacks rise out of tall trees in the distance.

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Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills. My colleague @_TonyBriscoe is investigating: latimes.com/environment/news…

Toxic underground fires are spreading at California landfills

The Los Angeles Times finds that residents near Chiquita Canyon are not the only ones suffering from heinous conditions near landfills.

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The new requirements followed hours of testimony from community members who were fed up with rancid odors and the long history of air pollution in Southeast LA County. latimes.com/environment/stor…

Lineage says it will spend up to $100 million on Boyle Heights cleanup as air regulators demand...

The operator of a cold storage warehouse that burned in Boyle Heights has said it expects to spend $80 million to $100 million to clean up the site.

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Air regulators order Lineage to remove rotten food and fix stench complaints within 2 weeks Officials also say monitoring near the warehouse’s filtration system found ammonia levels 15 times than state standards latimes.com/california/story…

Regulators order Lineage to snuff out foul odors following 4,000 complaints

The vote followed hours of emotional testimony from southeast Los Angeles County residents who demanded Lineage do more to suppress sickening odors.

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Mayor Karen Bass’ press relations office communicates through WhatsApp messages that auto-delete every 24 hours, potentially shielding the messages from public records requests, according to three sources familiar with the office. latimes.com/california/story…

Mayor's press team uses disappearing WhatsApp messages, avoiding scrutiny

The city administrative code requires records to be retained for at least two years.

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Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake latimes.com/environment/stor…

Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake

Boyle Heights activists are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to order a mandatory evacuation of the neighborhood, saying a recent warehouse fire has poisoned the air.

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‘I’d rather my house burn down than get cancer’: Herbicide use upends California’s fight to save forests Fantastic story by @nohaggerty latimes.com/environment/stor…

'I'd rather my house burn down than get cancer': Two California communities fight to save their...

A U.S. Forest Service plan to use glyphosate in a burned forest spurs a reckoning in Tahoe: How much should people do to bring forests back?

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Air monitors near the warehouse fire recorded off‑the‑charts smoke and fine particles, surpassing some of the worst air pollution during the 2025 fires. People still have not been told what chemicals they were breathing in. @_TonyBriscoe @whereishayley latimes.com/environment/stor…

Boyle Heights blaze choked parts of L.A. with astronomical soot pollution

The warehouse fire exposed residents to smoke and soot that was worse than the 2025 Los Angeles County fires.

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Health concerns mount as Boyle Heights warehouse fire stretches into a week Story by Kori McNair, Mack Baysinger and myself. latimes.com/environment/stor…

Health concerns mount as Boyle Heights warehouse fire stretches into a week

Toxic air has covered the San Gabriel Valley and beyond at times, as the fire continues to burn and the wind shifts the pall in different directions.

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Smoke from a warehouse fire that started earlier this week in Boyle Heights is still billowing over the downtown L.A. area Saturday. ktla.com/news/local-news/smo…
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