Monterey County officials declared a local emergency after a fire ignited at a power plant and one of the largest lithium battery storage facilities in the world last week, releasing a large plume ...

Activists from the group Never Again Moss Landing met today in Monterey to protest for the attention of Senator John Laird.

The not-batteries are shoveled into massive metal containers with soft tops and are trucked to Grassy Mountain, a waste disposal facility in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert, officials said. The battery ...

Fires were reported at a mobile home park in Monterey County on Tuesday. The fire was reported at Monte De Lago. At least two ...

Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants.

BUT IT WAS ONLY LAIRD'S BILL THAT GOT THE SUPPORT OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS.. JANUARY'S MOSS LANDING FIRE AT THE VISTRA ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY LEADING STATE LAWMAKERS TO CONSIDER BETTER SAFETY ...

Monterey County officials reaffirmed there is currently ... following the Jan. 16 fire. The battery delinking process, or disconnection, for the accessible batteries burned in the initial January ...

Our greatest concern is always the safety of our residents,” says Dow. The recent fire at a Monterey County battery plant owned by Vistra energy weighed heavily on the discussion. “We don't ...

The County of Monterey’s Environmental Health Department is working on a geographical information system that will help residents better understand the impacts of January’s Moss Landing ...

In the meantime, Monterey County is continuing sampling ... which are less prone to fires and the battery units are housed in individual metal containers, so if a fire starts, the chances of ...