Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery Fire : Indybay Institute of the Arts and Sciences, 100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz

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These findings underscore the need for adaptive environmental monitoring following battery fires and raise critical considerations for ecosystem protection and infrastructure as energy storage systems expand. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥 #ElkhornSlough

Coastal wetland deposition of cathode metals from the world’s largest lithium-ion battery fire - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Coastal wetland deposition of cathode metals from the world’s largest lithium-ion battery fire

Coastal wetland deposition of cathode metals from the world’s largest lithium-ion battery fire. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MossLandingFire #ElkhornSlough #MossLanding 🔋🔥🔌💡

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors are reviewing a draft BESS ordinance today. This ordinance has been under development since the summer before the #MossLandingfire. santacruzcountyca.primegov.com/Portal/Meeti...

This Q&A asks all the important and thoughtful questions about the future of batteries and and energy storage systems, local resistance, and what’s next.. #EnergySky #GreenSky #EnergyTransition 🔋🔌💡 #MossLandingFire

California battery safety bill signed by the Governor. Among other things, like facility design and better emergency response, it allows the state fire marshall to restrict the construction of batteries in combustible buildings. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥🔌💡

Actually, PG&E started to turn on the battery and then they discovered “a clamp failure and coolant leak” in a Tesla Megapack battery unit on site, according to PG&E spokesman Paul Doherty. So the battery remains off until further notice.
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Wave of litigation follows January fire at Vistra Moss Landing battery facility - Local News Matters A WAVE OF LAWSUITS, large and small, have been waged against Vistra Corporation, PG&E and many of their associated companies in the months following

#mosslandingfire #batteryenergystorage #solar #wind #montereycouty #marinescience localnewsmatters.org/2025/05/22/w...

Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked - Inside Climate News Among the many federal grants canceled by the Trump administration are two related to the community that hosts a huge energy storage facility.

Researchers wanted to understand concerns with batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their funding just got yanked. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥 insideclimatenews.org/news/1505202...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: EJ Standards for Repurposing Used EV Batteries Workshop. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. April 28-29, 2025 ClimateWorks Office 235 Montgomery Street, #1300 San Francisco, CA 94104 (Hybrid Option Available) Please join GAIA and ClimateWorks for a one-day technical workshop on Environmenta...

Environmental Justice Standards for Repurposing Used EV Batteries. Workshop, Monday, April 28th. #BatteryRecycling 🪫♻️ #MossLandingFire. ♻️🔋🔌💡 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

[43] J. Plautz, Vistra's 1.2 GWh Moss Landing storage facility remains offline after overheating incident, Util. Dive, 2021. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/vistras -12-gwh-moss-landing-storage-facility-remains-offline-after-overhe/606178/ [44] Vistra Announces Expansion of World's Largest Battery Energy Storage Facility, 2022. (Accessed 22 March 2022).

We referenced the first Vistra “smoke incident” at Moss Landing in our 2022 ERSS article on just transitions in the western United States. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥 #JustTransition
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After Moss Landing fire, how will a battery storage proposal near Watsonville be handled? - Santa Cruz Local Some Santa Cruz County activists oppose a proposed lithium battery storage site at 90 Minto Road near Pinto Lake outside Watsonville.

Batteries are the only realistic way for Santa Cruz County and the state to reach their renewable energy goals, said San José State University environmental studies professor Dustin Mulvaney. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥 santacruzlocal.org/2025/03/27/l...

One of three major lawsuits.. #MossLandingFire bsky.app/profile/dust...

Explainer: Is the planned Santa Cruz County battery storage facility safer than Moss Landing? In the wake of January’s fire at a Moss Landing battery plant, Santa Cruz County residents are pushing back against a proposed Watsonville storage facility. While developers tout new safety measures, ...

Quotes from me in this piece on a proposed 200 MW battery storage project in the Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz County. 🔋🔥 #SeahawkStorage #MossLandingFire #EnergySky
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Today’s Moss Landing fire webinar got covered by Politico.
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Hopefully it has a better fire protection system than #mosslandingfire
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'A powder keg': Lawsuit claims Texas company knowingly built dangerous battery plant at California's Moss Landing, leading to major toxic fire SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Texas company that built a huge battery storage plant at Moss Landing that burned in a major fire last month, causing the evacuation of 1,200

“This facility would not be built today,” Mulvaney said. “It didn’t have adequate containment to keep a fire from spreading.”
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A third lawsuit filed in US district court in San Jose against Vistra.. 🔋🔥🔌💡 #MossLandingFire #EnergySky #GreenSky @paulrogerssjm.bsky.social
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Building a Safer Storage Industry After the Moss Landing Fire The recent fire at the Moss Landing battery storage facility in California, operated by Vistra, has raised concerns in the energy industry, raising

Building a Safer Storage Industry After the Moss Landing Fire.
I missed this excellent op-ed a few weeks ago, by @ricoconnell.bsky.social www.powermag.com/building-a-s...
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New survey launches for those affected by Moss Landing Battery Fire Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties have released a new survey for those affected by the Vistra Energy battery fire at Moss Landing.

“CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION) -- Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties have released a new survey for those affected by the Vistra Energy battery fire at Moss Landing.” kion546.com/news/top-sto... - KION

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Monitoring continues after flare up at Moss Landing Battery Plant North County Fire District reported a “light beam of smoke” around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, which later intensified and turned into a fire. An advisory was sent out by the county for people in the area t…

MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: Monitoring continues after flare up at #MossLanding Battery Plant: www.montereyherald.com/2025/02/19/m... - Monterey Herald

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Fire reignites at Moss Landing lithium battery storage facility; residents told to close windows Monterey County residents near Moss Landing were told late Tuesday to close their windows and doors overnight after a fire broke out at the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery storage facility near the ...

MOSS LANDING, CALIF. - “There are two separate facilities at the site, which was once a former Pacific Gas & Electric power plant. One is owned by Texas-based Vistra Energy, while the other is owned by PG&E.” www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco... - CBS Bay Area

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Monterey County Battery Fire Reignites Weeks After Massive Blaze | KQED County officials warned of “light smoke” coming from the Moss Landing energy storage facility, where a huge fire last month raised concerns about toxic heavy metals.

MOSS LANDING, CALIFORNIA: A fire at a #MontereyCounty energy storage facility last month appears to have reignited Tuesday night, renewing fears about the environmental and health effects of the blaze. www.kqed.org/news/1202767... - @kqednews.kqed.org

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SJSU’s Moss Landing campus is closed until further notice due to ongoing battery fire.
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Pretty serious flare up.. these apparently were Vistra’s melted/destroyed batteries. 80% of the 300 MW of batteries burned in the January fire, the rest are apparently fully charged. #MossLandingFire
HT Supervisor Alejo.

Least Sandpipers
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A California Battery Plant Burned. Residents Have Gotten Sick, and Anxious. Heavy metals detected in the soil have also created health implications for Monterey County’s agriculture industry, and the workers who pick the produce.

Glad to see status of #MossLandingfire receiving wider press. What was unleashed by the plumes of smoke from thousands of burning lithium-ion batteries?
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Update on policy fallout.. The lawsuit is on behalf of residents and led by Erin Brockovich. #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥
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New York Times update on Moss Landing battery fire.. DTSC found high levels of cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese in soil up to five miles away, confirming SJSU/Moss Landing analysis; also found in water, but below drinking water standard. 🔋🔥🔌💡 #MossLandingFire www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

Please wear gloves & masks!! The #MossLandingFire has likely deposited toxic chemicals onto those soils. Protect yourselves!