CHRIS BENNER AND MANUEL PASTOR have had front row seats to the changes taking place in the so-called Lithium Valley, the region around the Salton Sea, where a network of companies have hatched a plan ...

Lithium executives said the ruling gave renewed momentum to the emerging industry, which many hope will bring new jobs to one ...

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

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 ... in an area dubbed Lithium Valley, could move ...

Controlled Thermal Resources aims to build a 7,000-acre lithium and geothermal power campus at the south end of the Salton Sea to meet soaring ... in the Imperial Valley benefit.

Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton ... Salton Sea. State and federal officials gushed about the prospect of that much domestic lithium, predicting that the area they call “Lithium Valley ...

But one Sacramento company making lithium batteries says tariffs could help some manufacturers. “We are not dependent on cobalt or nickel, which are traditionally used in lithium batteries and ...