At Wednesday afternoon’s County of Monterey briefing, Ricardo Encarnacion, bureau chief and County of Monterey director of ...

The Morro Bay City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to pause the city’s ability to process new battery plant development permits for the next 45 days. The ordinance said battery energy storage ...

Researchers find heavy metals in sensitive habitat near Moss Landing battery fire site, a group of locals collect 125 samples ...

After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in ...

The uproar over the Moss Landing Vistra battery plant meltdown that started Jan. 16 has only intensified, as many County and North Monterey County residents seem to have been caught ...

Nickel, cobalt and manganese, found in lithium-ion batteries, increased dramatically at Elkhorn Slough after the fire ...

Less than two weeks after a huge fire in Moss Landing at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants, scientists affiliated with San Jose State ...

State Assemblymember Dawn Addis introduces bill removing fast-track state permitting of BESS projects like the one that caught fire in Moss Landing.

When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it ...

The fire confirmed the worst fears of a Central Coast community where a new battery farm is planned, writes SLO.