The Salton Sea will soon become a major hub for California’s renewable energy economy, prompting the state legislature to ...

The Salton Sea, rich in lithium, faces a potential mining boom. State Senator Steve Padilla proposes a "green empowerment zone" to ensure local benefits. Despite economic promise, local advocates fear ...

They say the Salton Sea could be the cleanest major source of lithium in the world and make the U.S. a major player in production. Controlled Thermal Resources and two other companies with mining ...

The 120-year-old Salton Sea, accidentally created in 1905 when ... Newsom has described the region as the Saudi Arabia of lithium mining, with the surrounding area being branded as "Lithium ...

The evaporation of portions of the Salton Sea has cut into the region's tourism economy in recent decades, and adding lithium mining to its emerging geothermal energy generation could be a needed ...

Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode ... that we don’t create new sacrifice zones for lithium mining,” Jared Naimark, California mining organizer with ...

As state conservationists reduce the agricultural runoff that flows into the Salton Sea, the lake is slowly disappearing. A combination of development and lithium mining may promise more economic ...

But toxic dust has become a public health issue since the Salton Sea receded. The 180,000 people who live in the area could be affected by mining operations making it worse. Extracting lithium ...