In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission will soon vote on establishing new standards for maintaining and operating ...

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

State regulators want more control over how battery storage facilities operate as SJSU researchers have found a large amount ...

A study by San Jose State University of the soils around the Moss Landing Power Plant shows a heavy concentration of toxic ...

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

Research scientists with San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) detected “unusually high ...

The California Public Utilities Commission announced on Monday that they have begun investigating the battery facility fire ...

These are very disturbing numbers,” said County of Monterey Supervisor Glenn Church. “… We’re in uncharted territory.” ...

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

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.