New safety standards, oversight proposed for lithium battery facilities after Moss Landing fire
In the wake of the recent fire at Vistra Corporation's Moss Landing Power Plant and Energy Storage Facility, the California Public Utilities Commission has proposed new standards for battery energy storage facilities.
Moss Landing battery fire: Unusually high concentrations of toxic metals found in wetlands near plant
Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire
'It is a charred, stinking mess': Moss Landing residents demand action after latest lithium battery fire
Residents of Moss Landing are demanding the removal of lithium battery facilities after another fire forced evacuations and raised health concerns. "It is a charred, stinking mess. And it is just, and it's poison now. Okay? We've been poisoned," said Patricia Yeargin, who has a clear view of the Moss Landing towers from her front porch.
Moss Landing lithium battery facility fire continues to burn, evacuations lifted
Authorities in Monterey County, California lifted all evacuations Friday night, one day after a fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities.
Researchers looking into impacts of fire at Moss Landing lithium battery plant
Brian Hackney reports on the environmental impacts of the fire that happened at a Northern California lithium battery plant. Website: <a href=" YouTube: <a href=" Facebook: <a href=" Instagram: <a hre
Moss Landing fire may be death knell for another lithium battery plant on California coast
As one of the largest lithium battery plants in the world continues to smolder in Moss Landing, activists in another Central Coast town are, for now, breathing a sigh of relief.
Monterey County officials call Moss Landing lithium battery storage fire a ‘wake-up call’
A plume of material released from the plant contained hydroflouride, a toxic gas, that is now being monitored by Monterey County.
Scientists link surge in heavy metals in soil to California lithium battery plant fire
The heavy metals were seen in soils within two miles of a lithium battery storage site, which burned earlier this month. Vistra Energy's Moss Landing Power Plant was located in the unincorporated ...
$750 gift cards offered to evacuees impacted by Northern California lithium battery fire
A relief fund has been established that will provide gift cards for Monterey County residents impacted by the battery storage facility fire in Moss Landing earlier this month.
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Vistra Energy sets up $450K fund, $750 gift cards for Moss Landing battery fire evacuees
Residents evacuated during the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery storage fire in Moss Landing can apply for a $750 gift card.
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Fire out at Moss Landing battery plant, heat pockets persist; EPA concludes air monitoring
Five days after the world’s largest lithium battery fire ignited at Vistra Energy Corporation in Moss Landing the Monterey County Board of Supervisors called on all battery storage ...