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Residents near Moss Landing fire provide samples to measure health impact

Santa Cruz Sentinel 14 Dec 2025
MOSS LANDING — After experiencing a headache and metallic taste in her mouth during yardwork following a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant in January, Moss Landing resident Bonnie Grey decided ...
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No criminal charges in death of Aptos man in Moss Landing Harbor

Santa Cruz Sentinel 13 Dec 2025
MOSS LANDING – Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Wednesday that no charges will be filed in the death of a 26-year-old Aptos man who drowned after a confrontation on the water at Moss Landing Harbor on June 11 ... .
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No criminal charges in Moss Landing Harbor drowning death

East Bay Times 12 Dec 2025
MOSS LANDING – Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Wednesday that no charges will be filed in the death of 38-year-old Trenton Black, who drowned after a confrontation on the water at Moss Landing Harbor on June 11 ... .
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No criminal charges in Moss Landing Harbor death

Monterey Herald 11 Dec 2025
MOSS LANDING – Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced Wednesday that no charges will be filed in the death of 38-year-old Trenton Black, who drowned after a confrontation on the water at Moss Landing Harbor on June 11 ... .
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Plans for huge new oceanfront battery storage plant are withdrawn following disastrous Moss Landing fire

Monterey Herald 08 Dec 2025
“The comprehensive review and investigation of the incident at our Moss Landing facility is ongoing,” said Meranda Cohn, a Vistra spokeswoman, “which will inform current and future energy storage operations across our fleet.”.
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New study: Moss Landing battery fire dumped 55,000 pounds of toxic metals into wildlife-rich marshes

SiliconValley.com 03 Dec 2025
A major fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing showered 55,000 pounds of toxic metals across the landscape within a mile of the plant, a new scientific study has found.
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New study: California’s Moss Landing battery fire dumped 55,000 pounds of toxic metals into wildlife-rich marshes

The Lawton Constitution 02 Dec 2025
A major fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing showered 55,000 pounds of toxic metals across the landscape within a mile of the plant, a new scientific study has found ... .
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Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Scientists Confirm Metal Fallout in Elkhorn Slough From World’s Largest Battery Storage Fire (San Jose State University)

Public Technologies 02 Dec 2025
MOSS LANDING, Calif. - A new published study from San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) shows that the 2025 fire at the world's largest battery storage facility left a ...
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Vistra cancels 600MW BESS proposed 150 miles from Moss Landing facility in California

Energy Storage News 26 Nov 2025
Texas-based IPP Vistra Energy has informed the California Energy Commission (CEC) that it will not be advancing its 600MW Morro Bay battery energy storage system (BESS) ....
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Monterey County receives update on Moss Landing battery fire response

Santa Cruz Sentinel 22 Nov 2025
SALINAS — Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau staff reported this week community soil sampling in the area of January’s battery storage fire in Moss Landing showed limited areas where contaminants exceeded health screening levels.
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County receives update on Moss Landing battery fire response

Monterey Herald 21 Nov 2025
SALINAS — Monterey�County Environmental Health Bureau staff reported this week community soil sampling in the area of January’s battery storage fire in Moss Landing showed limited areas where contaminants exceeded health screening levels.
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US EPA appoints ABTC to recycle up to 100,000 Li-ion battery modules from Moss Landing BESS

Energy Storage News 14 Nov 2025
Critical minerals manufacturer and lithium-ion battery recycling company American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has been selected to recycle batteries from the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Monterey County, California, US ....
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Moss Landing battery fire: Moratorium on building new battery storage projects advances

Santa Cruz Sentinel 01 Nov 2025
Without comment, the supervisors allowed the proposal from Supervisor Glenn Church, whose district includes Moss Landing, to move forward ... 16 at the Moss Landing Plant — which is owned by Vistra, a ...
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Moss Landing battery fire: Moratorium on new battery plants proposed

SiliconValley.com 28 Oct 2025
16 at the Moss Landing Plant — which is owned by Vistra, a Texas-based energy company — was the largest battery storage fire ever in the United States and made national news.
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In wake of Moss Landing fire, Newsom signs battery storage safety bill

The Mercury News 14 Oct 2025
SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov ... The Moss Landing storage facility, owned by Texas-based energy company Vistra, was the world’s largest of its kind until Jan.
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