The oil industry has dropped a California ballot measure that sought to remove restrictions on drilling near homes and schools, Tony Briscoe reports: latimes.com/environment/st…

How might the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling throwing out "Chevron deference" affect California's environmental protections? My Los Angeles Times colleague Tony Briscoe looks at a few possibilities: latimes.com/environment/st…

San Bernardino County officials violated federal anti-discrimination laws by approving a disproportionate number of warehouses and logistics centers in Bloomington, a majority Latino community, People’s Collective for Environmental Justice + Earthjustice allege in new complaint lat.ms/3RUkrPT

L.A. County battery recycler on the verge of becoming California’s next Superfund site ✍️ ⁦Tony Briscoe⁩ latimes.com/environment/st…

Pitched in on Los Angeles Times coverage of the Trump shooting, which seems poised to upend a bitter presidential race and offers eerie echoes of attempts on the lives of past candidates, including Theodore Roosevelt & Gerald Ford (w/ Hannah Wiley, Tony Briscoe): latimes.com/world-nation/s…

Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz will install fast electric car chargers at 100 coffee shops up and down the 5 Freeway, starting in 2025. Big deal. Details here from my Los Angeles Times colleague Russ Mitchell: latimes.com/environment/st…

The Biden administration still must decide whether to approve zero-emission mandates for cars and trucks in California — and any other state that want to follow its lead. But the administration still hasn’t signed off on these rules. latimes.com/environment/st…

Updates to come: EPA grants $500 million to help Southern California fight pollution latimes.com/environment/st…

Whoever made the decision it was okay to cut into soccer coverage to play commercials needs to be fired! NBC NBC Sports has failed already in their The Olympic Games coverage! So much can happen in 2 minutes and 30 seconds!

California history reduced to ash with Borel fire's destruction of Havilah latimes.com/environment/st…

"Son of a gun. ... We didn't really have time to get anything out." My Los Angeles Times colleagues Tony Briscoe and Robert Gauthier visited a historic Sierra Nevada mining town burnt to a crisp by a climate-fueled wildfire: latimes.com/environment/st…

Scrapyard explosion rattles Watts high school on first day of classes “This is what back-to-school looks like in Watts, and it’s a product of decades of neglect by the same public officials who took an oath to protect the most vulnerable among us.” latimes.com/environment/st…

Activists march near the United Center during the first day of the Democratic National Convention Monday in Chicago.

California lawmaker warns of 'financial catastrophe' if oil well rules aren't enforced latimes.com/environment/st…

Critics say California regulators are bending over backward for the fossil fuel industry, letting the state's largest oil company subvert state law and avoid obtaining $2.4 billion in bonds to ensure depleted wells are eventually plugged: latimes.com/environment/st… via Tony Briscoe

L.A. mayor demands more testing after lead is found in Watts drinking water latimes.com/environment/st…

Regulators say Chiquita Canyon has made ‘no meaningful improvement’ to odors ✍️ ⁦Tony Briscoe⁩ latimes.com/environment/st…

Fascinating primer on thr wildlife, Indigenous history and Naval present of San Clemente Island, much of which — unbeknownst to most Southern Californians — burned in July, as Tony Briscoe reports for Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/environment/st…