Safety standards and regulations have not kept up with emerging technology for battery storage.

Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a state of emergency last Tuesday after the Jan. 16 fire at the ...

After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

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

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 ...

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

The uproar over the Moss Landing Vistra battery plant meltdown that started Jan. 16 has only intensified, as many County and North Monterey County residents seem to have been caught ...

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

Less than two weeks after a huge fire in Moss Landing at one of the world's largest battery storage plants, scientists affiliated with San Jose State University have discovered unusually high levels ...

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