Tony Barboza is an editorial writer focusing on climate change and the environment. Before joining the editorial board in November 2021, he worked for 15 years as a news reporter for the Times’ California section, covering air quality, climate change, environmental health and other topics. Barboza was born and raised in Colorado and is a graduate of Pomona College.
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Voting rights are under attack in this election, in big ways and small, from Donald Trump and his allies. But don’t despair, do something. The best way to defend your right to vote is to exercise it.
Nov. 3, 2024
Trump is hoping to ride racism and xenophobia into office again. Americans must show him how wrong he is.
Oct. 29, 2024
Generative AI has taken over much of the internet, turning a straightforward school project about Costa Rica into a lesson on discerning online fact from fiction.
Oct. 17, 2024
Cleaner home heating and cooling technology exists and could help fight climate change, plus more from Opinion.
April 10, 2024
California makes it easy and convenient to vote. But at a time when American democracy is under attack, don’t take it for granted.
March 6, 2024
The American Ornithological Society says it is changing the names of birds named after humans, such as Townsend’s warbler. It’s a courageous decision.
Nov. 9, 2023
I went to Coalinga and Huron to hear out the head of an oil industry campaign targeting Latinos. I didn’t find opposition to California’s climate policies the oil lobby is peddling.
Oct. 20, 2023
Experiencing extreme temperatures should not be something to check off the bucket list. This is an ongoing, spiraling, unnatural human disaster caused by our own ongoing pollution of the atmosphere.
July 23, 2023
All Californians should be able to live in an efficient and non-polluting home even if it wasn’t built for an all-electric world like the new houses in Menifee.
July 9, 2023
Every mass shooting becomes another horrific point on the map I can’t avoid compiling in my mind: One that remembers all the places where people have been senselessly killed by gun violence.
April 2, 2023