In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in ...

Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire.

About two weeks after a fire at Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, San Jose State University scientists reported unusually high concentrations of heavy metals in the soils of Elkhorn Slough ...

Less than two weeks after a huge fire in Moss Landing at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants, scientists affiliated with San Jose State ...

One of the biggest cleanup challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after ...

State Assemblymember Dawn Addis introduces bill removing fast-track state permitting of BESS projects like the one that caught fire in Moss Landing.

Officials have begun testing water and soil after a fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities.

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

The fire confirmed the worst fears of a Central Coast community where a new battery farm is planned, writes SLO.

In Morro Bay, any remaining goodwill for Vistra’s proposed battery storage project has evaporated, writes SLO.

Blaze that began Jan. 16 destroyed most of a 300-MW lithium-ion battery array that dates to 2020 at Vistra Energy’s 750-MW ...