Charred EV batteries from California wildfires spark concern about toxic waste contaminating drinking water
A water agency in charge of ground water for 2 million L.A. County residents has several concerns about hazardous waste ...
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Sodium-ion batteries face greater safety hazards due to sodium clusters, study finds
A new study led by the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...
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Big Problem of Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries
The automotive world is changing rapidly. According to forecasts, by 2030, 23 million people in the world will become happy ...
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Can batteries bring induction stoves to the masses?
New ovens use lithium-ion batteries to allow their use in homes that don’t have high-voltage outlets. The same batteries ...
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About 1,500 truckloads of debris per day to be removed from Eaton Fire area
About 1,500 truckloads per day will haul debris starting Monday from neighborhoods in the Altadena area destroyed by the ...
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Update: Light smoke at Vistra Battery Facility in Moss Landing is 'under control'
Light smoke was reported at the Vistra Moss Landing Lithium-Ion Battery facility, nearly a month after a large fire destroyed most of the building. The smoke appears to be coming from the previously ...
What Caused Deadly L.A. Wildfires? Faulty Electrical Equipment In Spotlight
Faulty power lines and electrical equipment are being blamed for causing deadly fires in Los Angeles and across the U.S. Is ...
Fire ignites at Moss Landing Power Plant again
A new fire broke out at Moss Landing Power Plant Tuesday night when smoldering lithium-ion batteries reignited, officials said. Batteries burned inside the same building where a ...
Toxic fallout after the flames
GOVERNOR Gavin Newsom of California visited Altadena to praise the progress of the cleanup after the devastating Eaton and ...
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Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly
Spreading crushed rocks on fields can absorb CO2 from the air – now chemists have devised a way to turbocharge this process ...
City leaders, residents protest plans to dispose of fire debris in Calabasas Landfill
The Calabasas Landfill in Agoura Hills is one of at least seven Southern California landfills approved to accept waste from ...
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New process gets common rocks to trap carbon rapidly, cheaply
Scientists have discovered how to turn common minerals into materials that spontaneously remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In the lab, the materials pull CO2 from the air thousands ...