Imperial County, a sprawling desert region three hours southeast of Los Angeles that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border ... California. Home to ramshackle landmarks like Salvation Mountain, the ...

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy formally acknowledged the Salton Sea region in California ... local lithium production in the U.S. for use in electric cars and other industrial ...

The region surrounding California’s toxic Salton Sea has enough lithium to make the U.S. self-sufficient in the mineral, which is a key component of rechargeable batteries.

Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state’s ... Even better, that lithium could be extracted in a way consistent with ...

A new study has revealed a lake in California conceals a staggering ... Newsom previously described the Salton Sea as the “Saudi Arabia of lithium mining”. Knowing what was discovered, it ...

Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea ... ways to extract lithium involve either hard rock mining, which generates lots ...