Rio's health workers battle extreme heat to protect most vulnerable
STORY: Amid an intense heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, nurses are visiting some of the city's impoverished neighborhoods to ...
LAist1h
Massive Salton Sea lithium project gets judge’s go-ahead, ending advocates’ lawsuit
Social and environmental groups claimed the project could cause water and air problems not disclosed in an environmental ...
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 ...
Residents voice environmental concerns over lithium refinery project coming to Muskogee
Plans for a 1.2 billion dollar lithium refinery will be coming soon to Muskogee.A company called Stardust Power officially broke ground on the facility.The perm ...
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 ...
Hosted on MSN1d
Soil Near Massive California Battery Fire Found Loaded With ‘Toxic’ Metals As Residents Report Headaches, Itchy Eyes
A group of researchers says they have found high concentrations of heavy metals in a California estuary near the site of a ...
California Politics
In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission ...
‘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 ...
IJR2d
Contaminated Soil Detected Near Site Of Massive California Battery Blaze, Researchers Say
A group of researchers says they have found high concentrations of heavy metals in a California estuary near the site ...
Monterey Herald on MSN3d
Moss Landing fire fallout: Concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles found nearby
"These are very disturbing numbers," said County of Monterey Supervisor Glenn Church. "... We're in uncharted territory." ...
Tech’s ‘Three-Mile Island’ Moment: Lithium Battery Storage Catches Fire
This recent fire highlights not only the immediate environmental effects but also the long-term implications for the role of ...
TopSpeed11d
Toxic Fumes From Burnt Lithium-Ion Batteries Complicate L.A. Fire Situation
As per analytics firm StrategicRisk, when lithium-ion batteries burn they release “hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride and ...