Southern California's Salton Sea may be sitting atop a lithium gold mine that, if extracted, could power a staggering 375 million electric vehicle batteries, according to a new report.. It's not ...

The modern Salton Sea – which has filled several times before – formed in 1905, when floodwaters from the Colorado River to the east breached an irrigation canal and dumped into a low-lying ...

For various reasons, the Salton Sea is drying: rural-urban water transfers and sales, drought and manmade pollution. We have local water scarcity and poor-quality air. Due to urban population ...

Speaking of the Salton Sea: Small wetlands are forming as the shoreline recedes, ... He previously reported for the Desert Sun and USA Today, where he covered renewable energy and public lands.

Southern California's Salton Sea may be sitting atop a lithium gold mine that, if extracted, could power a staggering 375 million electric vehicle batteries, according to a new report. It's not ...

And a report from the California Energy Commission said the Salton Sea area alone could generate more than 600,000 tons per year of lithium carbonate. That’s more than the entire world produced ...

The developer of the nationally lauded but controversial Hell's Kitchen geothermal and lithium extraction project near the Salton Sea illegally drained 1,200 acres of fragile wetlands by dumping ...

A local community health organization and a national environmental group said they are negotiating with the developer of the Hell's Kitchen lithium and geothermal power projects and have won an ...

The Salton Sea is nearly twice as salty as the ocean, laden with agricultural runoff and susceptible to algal blooms that spew hydrogen sulfide, a noxious gas.It’s also a haven to more than 400 ...

The man-made Salton Sea is a haven for birdlife in the Colorado Desert of southeast California. Before I even stepped out of my tent, I knew it was going to be a crowded morning on the Salton Sea.

A 400 acre swath of wetlands near the Salton Sea burned this weekend, ... Janet Wilson is senior environment reporter for The Desert Sun, and co-authors USA Today Climate Point, ...

The Salton Sea: Life and death in an inland ocean. Season 10 Episode 1005 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Exploring a once booming tourist mecca that is now a nearly dead body of water.