Lithium-ion batteries are making up a significant portion of these dangerous items - and the EPA worries they may explode or ...

California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles ...

Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home, she returned, donning a white hazmat ...

At Wednesday afternoon’s County of Monterey briefing, Ricardo Encarnacion, bureau chief and County of Monterey director of ...

The lithium-ion batteries in a 2025 Tesla Model Y complicated first responders’ efforts to save a person involved in a fiery ...

The Morro Bay City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pause the city’s ability to process new battery plant development permits for the next 45 days. The ordinance said battery energy storage ...

The CPUC will vote on a proposal adopting new safety standards for the maintenance and operation of battery energy storage ...

What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County ...

After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Crisis** looms in Southern California as the aftermath of the Palisades Fire unveils a worrying reality: melted electric vehicles and hazardous lithium-ion batteries present a significant threat to ...

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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to open a site to process Eaton fire debris near L.A. County's foothill ...