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 ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent ...

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

Deep in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget documents are proposed changes to public health law that seem to be aimed at ...

In the wake of the recent fire at Vistra Corporation's Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility, the California ...

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

One of the biggest clean-up challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after ...

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.