Tony Briscoe

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

[Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe]

🧵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.
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[Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe]

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

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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

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[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

#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. https://t.co/GOQdeCVGSA

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Feds declare Eaton fire was a cleanup success. Their testing shows otherwise https://t.co/5Sr8XBWztn

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Feds declare Eaton fire was a cleanup success. Their own soil testing shows otherwise https://t.co/5Sr8XBWztn

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

Story by @megtanakax

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[Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts]

Dust storms have overtaken Coachella. Researchers say it's a sign of what's to come - @_TonyBriscoe https://t.co/zIqukh6Aya

[Blanca Begert @BlancaBegert]

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

[Brittny Mejia @brittny_mejia]

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s tariffs as illegal import taxes https://t.co/bpSbnjozBa

[Jason Leopold @JasonLeopold]

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

[Tony Briscoe @_TonyBriscoe]

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.

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

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 https://t.co/VwkKcjOsGL

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

Story by ⁦@whereishayley⁩ and ⁦@ByIanJames⁩ https://t.co/PiCnIfgdZU

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@ebarcuzzi @GustavoArellano Eight years in the making

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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.

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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.

https://t.co/GJ8smzkS4c $TSLA

[Michigan State Football @MSU_Football]

K9 SUPER BOWL MVP ‼️

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A California lawmaker is pushing to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal

(via @nohaggerty and myself)

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A highly toxic pesticide that has been banned for decades is still showing up in Long Beach and port communities https://t.co/aMIqOciI8B

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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

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