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Tony Barboza

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Tony Barboza is a reporter who covers air quality and the environment with a focus on Southern California. He has been on staff at the Los Angeles Times since 2006, is a graduate of Pomona College and completed a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado. News tips? Send messages or documents privately using the Signal smartphone app: (213) 421-1511‬.

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Climate & Environment

Wildfires a massive threat to California’s progress in cutting greenhouse gases, report says

Climate & Environment

Wildfires a massive threat to California’s progress in cutting greenhouse gases, report says

California will blow past its 2030 climate target unless it more than triples the pace of greenhouse gas reductions to about 4.5% annually, according to a report released Tuesday by a San Francisco think tank.

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Fire danger spikes with most powerful winds of the season

Power outages considered across California as fire danger rises
Politics

Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water

Politics

Firefighting foam leaves toxic legacy in Californians’ drinking water

The Los Angeles Times reviewed hundreds of pages of Pentagon documents and found California has more bases contaminated with the chemicals, known as PFAS, than any other state — at least 21 that exceed federal health guidelines.
Politics

EPA threatens to cut California’s highway funding over Clean Air Act ‘failure’

Politics

EPA threatens to cut California’s highway funding over Clean Air Act ‘failure’

EPA’s Andrew Wheeler wrote to the California Air Resources Board that the state had “ failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act.”
Climate & Environment

Greta Thunberg admonishes leaders as U.N. climate summit fails to deliver action

Climate & Environment

Greta Thunberg admonishes leaders as U.N. climate summit fails to deliver action

Climate summit was pitched as a way to build momentum in the face of inaction by the United States. But a series of largely incremental announcements from world leaders dashed those hopes.
California

Gov. Gavin Newsom blasts Trump at climate event: ‘I’m absolutely humiliated’

California

Gov. Gavin Newsom blasts Trump at climate event: ‘I’m absolutely humiliated’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in New York for the United Nations Climate Action Summit, his first big stage at events bringing together international leaders together to address climate change.

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Greta Thunberg admonishes leaders as U.N. climate summit fails to deliver action
Climate & Environment

Trump briefly attends U.N. climate summit; Greta Thunberg rails against ‘empty words’

Climate & Environment

Trump briefly attends U.N. climate summit; Greta Thunberg rails against ‘empty words’

At the kickoff of the U.N. climate summit, protesters are already looking beyond it, recognizing it will take sustained pressure for governments to act.

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Here’s how 6 countries are stepping up to meet the Paris climate goals
Climate & Environment

Q&A: What is the U.N. climate change summit?

Climate & Environment

Q&A: What is the U.N. climate change summit?

The U.N. Climate Change Summit will kick off next week in New York. What is it, and what do its organizers hope to accomplish?
Climate & Environment

Air board kills regulation of dangerous refinery acid in favor of oil industry plan

Climate & Environment

Air board kills regulation of dangerous refinery acid in favor of oil industry plan

Southern California air pollution regulators on Friday killed a years-long push for stronger regulation of a dangerous acid used at two South Bay refineries, voting instead to accept a voluntary, oil industry pledge to enhance safety measures.
California

California’s planet-warming emissions declined in 2017, even as its biggest pollution source keeps rising

California

California’s planet-warming emissions declined in 2017, even as its biggest pollution source keeps rising

California’s greenhouse gas emissions declined overall in 2017, remaining below the 2020 target set by the state. But transportation emissions continued to rise, while other sectors remained flat, according to data released by the California Air Resources Board.
Politics

California reaches climate deal with automakers, spurning Trump

Politics

California reaches climate deal with automakers, spurning Trump

Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW reach deal with California regulators on fuel efficiency standards

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Hiltzik: In climate deal with automakers, California finds solution to Trump — ignore him

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