Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A battery energy storage facility that was built inside an old power plant burned from Jan. 16-18, 2025. Mike Takaki When fire ...

When fire broke out at the world's largest battery energy storage facility in January 2025, its thick smoke blanketed surrounding wetlands, farms and nearby communities on the central California coast ...

Residents and lawmakers were expecting to get some answers Tuesday at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting about the consequences of a lithium-ion fueled Battery Energy Storage System fire ...

The stacks of the local power plant loom over Moss Landing, California, pictured here in October 2025. (Chris Marshall/Courthouse News) (CN) — A lawsuit against an energy company over a massive toxic ...

The Moss Landing battery inferno was billed as a clean energy mishap, but the fallout was anything but clean. A new wave of research now shows that the blaze lofted a plume of toxic metals that ...

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 ...

Scientists are now getting a clearer picture of how last winter’s fire at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing has affected nearby wetlands. Scientists are now getting a clearer picture of how ...