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State and federal officials just broke ground on a massive project at the Salton Sea — here's how it will improve the region
California recently broke ground on a large restoration project in the Salton Sea that expands efforts to improve conditions for wildlife and the surrounding communities. The 750-acre expansion ...
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The Race to Make This Dying U.S. Lake the 'Saudi Arabia of Lithium'
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. WSJ explores the tech ...
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Massive Salton Sea lithium project gets judge’s go-ahead, ending advocates’ lawsuit
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 expected to ...
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Lithium beneath California’s Salton Sea
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is leading a research project to profile the concentration of lithium in the geothermal field beneath California’s Salton Sea, and to explore the most ...