Tony Briscoe is an environmental reporter with the Los Angeles Times. His coverage focuses on the intersection of air quality and environmental health. Prior to joining The Times, Briscoe was an investigative reporter for ProPublica in Chicago and an environmental beat reporter at the Chicago Tribune. Briscoe was the recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for best science and environmental reporting in Chicago in 2019 and 2020. A graduate of Michigan State University, he began his career as a breaking news reporter at the Detroit News.
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Oct. 3, 2023
Fifty-five percent of large warehouses are out of compliance with new rules from air regulators. They could be fined $11,000 a day.
Sept. 20, 2023
Southern California air regulators adopted a rule that has forgiven more than $200 million in pollution fees from facilities that emit smog-forming chemicals.
Sept. 18, 2023
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Sept. 2, 2023
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Aug. 29, 2023
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Aug. 27, 2023
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Aug. 26, 2023
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New to L.A. and looking for a place to live, I had to quickly educate myself on the region’s largest polluters, its many microclimates and its topography.
Aug. 17, 2023
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Aug. 7, 2023