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

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

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

Democrats are worried about batteries after a bad fire at a Central Coast facility, but have very different ideas on what to ...

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 a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission ...

Fortunately no one was hurt,” said Board Chair Felipe Hernandez. “But this event has left a lot of questions in the minds of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has once again withdrawn the United States from the Paris agreement on climate change. There is a ...