Picture a thin slab of sandy, inhospitable desert land by the side of Highway 78, just a few miles from the Salton Sea ... itself independent from the United States. It’s a modest nation ...

Picture a thin slab of sandy, inhospitable desert land by the side of Highway 78, just a few miles from the Salton Sea.

Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode ... of the first commercial plants of this scale in the United States,” said Luis Olmedo, Executive Director for Comite ...

The U.S. currently depends on foreign suppliers for the mineral, while vast stores under the Salton Sea could help make the United States a key player worldwide. China currently produces over half ...

The $1.36 billion “conditional commitment” loan, announced by the Department of Energy on January 15, would help EnergySource Minerals to build out and launch its ATLiS lithium project, which would ...

The lawsuit "takes issue with the (county) analysis of air quality impacts which might be caused by exposure of playa at that Salton Sea ... independence in the United States." ...

Bold and ambitious solutions to the American West’s water woes seem to be even more scarce than the water itself.

Some described the trio of earthquakes in San Bernardino on Monday as quick jolts that rattled nerves and frightened pets in the Victor Valley. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurred at about 9:44 a.m.