LA's electric vehicle obsession hampers fire cleanup
Lithium-ion batteries are making up a significant portion of these dangerous items - and the EPA worries they may explode or ...
LA's electric vehicle obsession hampers fire cleanup amid fears lithium-ion batteries are ticking time bombs
Lithium-ion batteries are making up a significant portion of these dangerous items - and the EPA worries they may explode or ...
Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by 'unprecedented' number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries
California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles ...
The L.A. wildfires left neighborhoods choking in ash and toxic air. Residents demand answers
Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home, she returned, donning a white hazmat ...
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EPA says President Trump ordered agency to move quickly on Eaton fire’s toxic waste site in Azusa
The EPA set up a waste collection site in Lario Park in Azusa, saying it was under orders to act quickly from President Trump ...
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Monterey County may get water, soil samples report by end of week
At Wednesday afternoon’s County of Monterey briefing, Ricardo Encarnacion, bureau chief and County of Monterey director of ...
Burning batteries in Tesla crash complicate rescue; 1 dead in Southern California
The lithium-ion batteries in a 2025 Tesla Model Y complicated first responders’ efforts to save a person involved in a fiery ...
Morro Bay moves to block new battery plants after fire. ‘We shouldn’t have to live in fear’
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 ...
Renewable Energy World1d
California utility regulator will vote to establish new safety standards for battery energy storage systems
The CPUC will vote on a proposal adopting new safety standards for the maintenance and operation of battery energy storage ...
NBC Los Angeles1d
‘Unprecedented' number of lithium ion batteries complicates LA wildfires cleanup
What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County ...
Hollywood stars' electric cars could become toxic ‘ticking time bombs' after LA fires
Warnings have been issued to celebrities and the thousands of displaced locals who were forced to flee their homes in the ...
‘Extremely disturbing’: High levels of heavy metals at Monterey estuary after lithium battery site fire
After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...