Lithium executives said the ruling gave renewed momentum to the emerging industry, which many hope will bring new jobs to one ...

Randy 'R Dub!' Williams runs the desert micro-nation of Slowjamastan, an 11-acre expanse that makes fun of the concept of the ...

Social and environmental groups sued last year saying the $1.8 billion Hell’s Kitchen project could cause water and air ...

A lazy river using water siphoned from the Salton Sea (ditto, and he'd prefer if you call it the Sultan Sea, though the Imperial County Board of Supervisors informed him they have neither the ...

just a few miles from the Salton Sea. A flag and a border gate welcome you to the United Territories of the Sovereign Nation of the Republic of Slowjamastan — Imperial County's littlest empire ...

But Imperial County-based Superior Court Judge Jeffrey ... impacts which might be caused by exposure of playa at that Salton Sea which might be caused by future actions," the judge wrote.

An Imperial County judge cleared the way for ... Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode of lithium, a mineral essential to electric car batteries, cellphones and ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to a $1.4 billion loan for a project that will use an emerging technology to separate lithium from geothermal brines in California. The agency says ...