Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state's biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. And the ...

who drafted Imperial County's Lithium Valley Specific Plan and is completing a companion programmatic environmental impact ...

The book examines the economic and environmental justice implications of lithium extraction in California’s Imperial Valley, ...

California’s Salton Sea has just made it onto the map ... Imperial County, one of California’s poorest regions, could see an economic boost. Officials have rebranded it as ‘Lithium Valley ...