Lithium-ion batteries have an internal chemistry that leads to major fires and toxic pollutants when they combust. What role ...

Crews continue to clear the scene of a hazmat incident involving a semi-truck that occurred overnight on Highway 221 near Exit 183.

Companies use flame-retardant enclosures on lithium-ion batteries to meet flammability standards, but are the chemicals used in these enclosures safe?

PSH stands as a cornerstone of modern energy infrastructure, playing a vital role in balancing electricity supply and demand.

Today is National Battery Day, the holiday you never knew existed. It celebrates the ubiquity and usefulness of batteries by honoring their inventor, Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, born Feb. 18, ...

In the heart of Missouri’s historic Lead Belt, residents are concerned about contamination from a new industry.

New decentralised power supply systems based on renewable energy and energy storage are under potential threat from ...

Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century.

As the Trump administration prepares to reform the EPA, the future of America's most toxic site cleanups hangs in the balance ...

For decades, Exide Technologies polluted Los Angeles with toxic chemicals, affecting thousands. The bankruptcy of Exide and Trump's return to presidency cast uncertainty on cleanup efforts, despite a ...