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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

7 Aug 2025

🧵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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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Jun 6

L.A. region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade latimes.com/environment/stor…

L.A. region begins the year with the smoggiest first 5 months in a decade

So far this year, the South Coast air basin, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, has seen 39 days when the concentration of lung-irritating ozone exceeded the...

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Jun 4

Boiling Point newsletter: air quality edition A toxic metal stayed in the air for months after L.A. County fires Automakers push for delay in tougher emission standards California overhauls cap-and-trade program Toxic fumes waft over Iranian skies latimes.com/environment/news…

A toxic metal stayed in the air for months after L.A. County fires

After the Eaton and Palisades fires devastated Southern California, a highly toxic metal stayed in the air much longer and probably traveled much farther than expected, according to a new study.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

May 22

Thousands of Orange County residents have been evacuated due to a leaking chemical tank near an aerospace facility. Law enforcement has acknowledged there's only two scenarios: ‘It fails, or it blows up.’ Report by @_ClaraHarter and @SalHernandez latimes.com/california/story…

Thousands evacuated around leaking Orange County chemical tank: ‘It fails, or it blows up’

Residents and several businesses in Garden Grove were evacuated as toxic chemicals spewed into the air from a leaking storage tank at an aerospace company.

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May 22

#BREAKINGNEWS: A 34,000-gallon tank at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove is spewing toxic chemicals into the sky, prompting an emergency response and evacuations. abc7.la/fsx8Ew

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

May 21

Feds declare Eaton fire was a cleanup success. Their testing shows otherwise latimes.com/environment/stor…

Feds declare Eaton fire was a cleanup success. Their testing shows otherwise

In announcing its findings, the EPA cited federal lead standards only, and not California's more stringent thresholds.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

May 21

Feds declare Eaton fire was a cleanup success. Their own soil testing shows otherwise latimes.com/environment/stor…

Feds declare Eaton fire was a cleanup success. Their testing shows otherwise

In announcing its findings, the EPA cited federal lead standards only, and not California's more stringent thresholds.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Apr 22

44% of Americans breathe dangerously polluted air. In California, it's 82% Story by @megtanakax latimes.com/environment/stor…

44% of Americans breathe dangerously polluted air. In California, it's 82%

The American Lung Assn.'s 2026 State of the Air report again graded L.A. as having some of the worst air quality in the country. California as a state performed poorly.

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Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts

Apr 16

Dust storms have overtaken Coachella. Researchers say it's a sign of what's to come - @_TonyBriscoe latimes.com/environment/news…

Dust storms have overtaken Coachella. Researchers say it's a sign of what's to come

Researchers say that dust storms cost the U.S. billions of dollars annually already, and could be getting worse and more economically devastating.

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Blanca Begert @BlancaBegert

Feb 27

Excited to say that I’ve started this week as a climate and energy reporter at @latimes! Please share tips / goings on to blanca.begert@latimes.com. or, signal: bbegert.73

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Brittny Mejia @brittny_mejia

Feb 20

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s tariffs as illegal import taxes latimes.com/politics/story/2…

Supreme Court rejects Trump tariffs, stressing powers of Congress

The court said the president wrongly claimed support for his tariffs under a 1977 emergency powers law. Trump vowed to press ahead and impose tariffs under other laws.

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Jason Leopold

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Feb 19

How's it going at the FBI's FOIA office?

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Feb 17

I had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Jesse Jackson about the decades of disinvestment and broken promises that Chicago’s West Side had endured after the assassination of MLK Jr. and the 1968 riots. I’ll never forget how a Civil Rights icon made time for a fledgling reporter.

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Ian James @ByIanJames

Feb 14

California oil and gas regulators have permanently closed one of the most infamous drill sites in Los Angeles, bringing an end to a decades-long community campaign to prevent dangerous gas leaks and spills. @_TonyBriscoe latimes.com/environment/stor…

Notoriously hazardous South L.A. oil wells finally plugged after decades of community pressure

A two-acre Los Angeles oil drill site near the St. Vincent Elementary School in University Park, had been releasing noxious fumes for years. Finally, the wells have been shut down.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Feb 12

Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans Story by ⁦@whereishayley⁩ and ⁦@ByIanJames⁩ latimes.com/environment/stor…

Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans

The 2009 endangerment finding affirms that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. Its repeal marks one of the most significant deregulatory actions in...

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Feb 11

California is banking $165 million on Tesla’s electric semi truck. But critics say the vehicle remains largely unproven — and in a test drive last year, drivers couldn’t even roll down the window. latimes.com/environment/stor…

California reserved $165 million for Tesla to electrify its trucking industry. The result may...

California has set aside about $165 million in vouchers to subsidize the purchase of the Tesla Semi — an electric vehicle that critics say is still not road-worthy.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Feb 9

SCOOP: California officials set aside at least $165 million to offer steep discounts on the long-delayed Tesla semi-truck. The public funding was awarded despite of the vehicle's questionable certification status and dubious production timeline. latimes.com/environment/stor… $TSLA

California reserved $165 million for Tesla to electrify its trucking industry. The result may...

California has set aside about $165 million in vouchers to subsidize the purchase of the Tesla Semi — an electric vehicle that critics say is still not road-worthy.

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Michigan State Football

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Feb 9

K9 SUPER BOWL MVP ‼️

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Jan 28

A California lawmaker is pushing to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal (via @nohaggerty and myself) latimes.com/environment/stor…

A push to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal

Assemblymember John Harabedian is introducing new legislation that would create statewide science-based standards for the testing and removal of contamination left by wildfires.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Jan 22

A highly toxic pesticide that has been banned for decades is still showing up in Long Beach and port communities latimes.com/environment/news…

A pesticide that has been banned for decades is still showing up in Long Beach and other communit...

The air in Long Beach and other communities near shipping yards is tainted by methyl bromide, a fumigant that was technically banned decades ago.

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Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe

Jan 16

Before her exit, California’s disaster czar waffled on whether post-wildfire soil testing was necessary. In Feb, she pleaded with FEMA to pay for testing to protect returning residents. By Oct, her office was considering ending state-funded soil testing latimes.com/environment/stor…

Leaked memo reveals California debated cutting wildfire soil testing before disaster chief’s exit

Nancy Ward, the head of CalOES, left office on Dec. 30. She had publicly begged FEMA to test for toxic substances after the fires — then, according to an internal memo obtained by the L.A. Times,...

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