VERNON, Calif. (KABC) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday the permanent closure of a battery recycling plant in Vernon operated by Exide Technologies. The company will also pay $50 ...

Protesters rally last October outside of Exide Technologies in Vernon. (Christina House / For The Times) Executives and investors of Exide Technologies, the firm that has owned a spectacularly ...

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A controversial Exide recycling plant near downtown Los Angeles will permanently close down under an agreement reached late Wednesday night with the U.S. attorney's office. The battery recycling plant ...

An environmental trust will take over the toxic Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon to prevent its bankrupt owners from abandoning the heavily contaminated facility, the Department of Toxic ...

Five years ago, federal prosecutors made a devil’s bargain with one of Los Angeles’ worst polluters. Authorities had built a damning case against Exide Technologies, which operated a battery recycling ...

Exide Technologies, which makes lead-acid batteries, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying rising production costs, intense competition and the economic downturn in Europe had led to ...

For decades, there have been reports of toxic contamination from the Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon: leaks of toxic chemicals, including arsenic; emission of so much lead that children were ...

The deal federal prosecutors struck with Exide Technologies this month to permanently close its battery recycling plant in Vernon and avoid criminal charges marks the beginning of a long and costly ...