Social and environmental groups claimed the project could cause water and air problems not disclosed in an environmental ...

But as the lake bed became exposed, the Salton Sea began to shrink. It was then reported that the winds started sending clouds of toxic dust into the nearby communities. “Few issues need the ...

Researchers have linked the dust that blows off the playa to the region's abnormally high rates of childhood asthma. The rural communities that surround the Salton Sea, their populations majority ...

Health problems such as asthma in children, impairment in proper lung development, wheezing, chronic bronchitis and even more serious diseases such as emphysema are associated with the type of ...

Judge says county officials adequately studied water and air quality issues for the Hells Kitchen project near the edge of ...

"It's not enough just pushing around dust." In January, V. Manuel Perez, the fourth district supervisor of Riverside County, proposed the latest plan to save the Salton Sea: a $400 million project ...

CALIPATRIA— Birders flocked to the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge early morning on Saturday, Jan. 18, ...

The lawsuit "takes issue with the (county) analysis of air quality impacts which might be caused by exposure of playa at that Salton Sea which might be caused by future actions," the judge wrote.

Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode of lithium, a mineral essential to electric car batteries, cellphones and other electronics. While the court decision is ...