The Salton Sea is more than a district priority, and it is disheartening to learn that many state officials view it as a problem for only our local officials to solve. Over the next few weeks Gov ...

Salton Sea communities will be closest to the environmental impacts of lithium extraction. Yet, we have no guarantees or assurances that the major economic benefits developers have long touted ...

The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, is failing east of Palm Springs. New federal worries are making things worse. A worrying new future for the state's desert disaster.

In the latest episode, “The Resource,” Molly visits the Salton Sea region of California, its mud volcanoes, moving geyser, and lithium-rich sea — lithium, as in the lithium needed for batteries.

People living near California’s Salton Sea were used to experiencing unpleasant odors coming off the lake in the late summer. But now, according to new research, that smell seems to be ...

In the year 1848, James W. Marshall found gold in Coloma, California. This news spread around the country as 300,000 people flocked to the state in search of fortune. This “Gold Rush” ignited ...

But environmental groups warned before the environmental analysis was approved and took effect on Aug. 12 that withdrawing so much more water would further exacerbate woes at the Salton Sea ...