Exide Technologies has been allowed to abandon its former battery-recycling plant in Vernon, leaving the state -- and taxpayers -- on the hook to pay for continued environmental cleanup. VERNON, Calif ...
Portions of the former Exide lead-acid battery recycling plant in Vernon are now wrapped in scaffolding and white plastic sheeting. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) For decades, families across a swath ...
The Environmental Protection Agency has recommended adding the shuttered Exide Technologies lead battery recycling facility in East Baton Rouge Parish to the Superfund National Priorities List, which ...