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 ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat8hOpinion
PD Editorial: California must better regulate energy storage facilities
Safety standards and regulations have not kept up with emerging technology for battery storage.
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 ...
The Monterey County Herald17h
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 ...
‘Extremely concerning’ heavy metals found near Moss Landing, independent testing underway
Researchers find heavy metals in sensitive habitat near Moss Landing battery fire site, a group of locals collect 125 samples ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
California utilities commission proposes new standards for battery storage facilities
In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission ...