“This is already a degraded region, not only from the impacts of agriculture, but also the receding Salton Sea itself.” Blair ...

Judge says county officials adequately studied water and air quality issues for the Hells Kitchen project near the edge of ...

one of the world’s largest lithium mines, when he recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by civic and environmental groups. Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode of ...

The lawsuit "takes issue with the (county) analysis of air quality impacts which might be caused by exposure of playa at that Salton Sea which might be caused by future actions," the judge wrote.