(The Center Square) – Renewable energy advocates have long called for building battery complexes to store intermittent solar and wind energy, but a recent fire that spewed toxic heavy metals ...

These concentrations are directly linked to the battery energy storage fire,” said Addis on X. “True climate solutions must benefit — not harm — our communities and natural environment.

A series of drone attacks by Ukraine on Russia's energy facilities have sparked fires in recent days at a major oil refinery in the Volgograd region, as well as at the Astrakhan gas processing plant.

Emergency services were called to the scene, with firefighters controlling the blaze within an hour. The fire broke out at a business on Boothby Street just before 4pm on Thursday. Credit ...