Community residents fighting the rise of battery energy storage systems near their homes and places of business now have some additional support. Lee Zeldin, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is voicing his concerns about the deployment of the lithium-ion facilities in densely populated areas throughout New York state.

“Many New Yorkers, especially in New York City and on Long Island, have made their voices clear – they do not want Battery Energy Storage Systems built in their neighborhoods,” noted Zeldin during a press conference in Hauppauge. “Residents are looking across the country where dangerous lithium battery fires at BESS facilities have caused widespread damage, and they are concerned with New York’s partisan push to fill yet another delusional ‘green’ g

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