Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked - Inside Climate News

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.

New soil tests start after Moss Landing battery fire

A Jan. 16 battery fire in Moss Landing has prompted health and environmental concerns. (Nik Altenberg — Santa Cruz Local file) MOSS LANDING >> This week, scientists collected another round of soil samples in north Monterey County to determine whether January’s Moss Landing battery fire left lasting contamination. Soil tainted with heavy metals like manganese and other contaminants associated with lithium battery fires can track into homes and ca…

Researchers wanted to understand concerns with batteries in Moss Landing. Their funding just got yanked.

The Trump administration has canceled outright or is trying to cancel billions of dollars in federal grants for research about energy and the environment.Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State University and Santa Cruz resident, has the unfortunate distinction of being part of two federal grants canceled in the last month that deal with the same community: Moss Landing.“It’s a huge loss,” he said.Moss Landing hosts…