The battery, which was for remote-controlled boats, was being charged, when it started a fire in the kitchen. The ...

Solid-state batteries are poised to transform everything from electric cars to consumer electronics, and represent a ...

California's Imperial County sits on enough lithium to produce nearly 400 million batteries -- but who will benefit from the extraction boom?

California has hit a new record for clean energy. Solar, wind, hydropower and other carbon-free sources made up 67% of the ...

A team of UConn College of Engineering (CoE) researchers, led by Burcu Beykal, assistant professor in CoE's Department of ...

In Los Angeles, a second disaster started with the cleanup. Between exploding EV batteries, asbestos dumping, and a ...

California has been studying for years whether lithium can be extracted in an environmentally sound manner in Imperial County, home to the Salton Sea, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and thousands of ...

Heavy smoked filled multiple units on the bottom level of an apartment building in La Jolla Thursday after lithium-ion ...

BLM approves expanded drilling and development on public land by minerals company 3 Proton Lithium in Nye County’s Railroad ...

The number of fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries has more than doubled in the span of two years, according to the city.

As California continues its push toward clean energy, the agricultural ....flags over the unintended consequences of solar ...

The "green," progressive veneer of southern California's lithium rush disguises serious social impacts that come hand in hand ...