An Imperial County judge cleared the way for the Hell’s Kitchen project, one of the world’s largest lithium mines, when he recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by civic and environmental groups. Hell’s ...

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 builds ...

California federal and state lawmakers broke ground for a 750-acre project to restore the Salton Sea that received $250 million from the federal Inflation Reduction Act. The Salton Sea is a shallow, ...

The developer of the nationally lauded but controversial Hell's Kitchen geothermal and lithium extraction project near the Salton Sea illegally drained 1,200 acres of fragile wetlands by dumping ...

A project aimed at restoring habitat surrounding the Salton Sea is expanding. The project, called the Species Habitat Conservation (SCH) Project, created a number of ponds and wetlands, which are ...

The long-delayed restoration of the Salton Sea, the large, ultra-briny California lake almost universally described as an “environmental disaster,’’ could be starting to finally get its sea legs. But ...

A proposed $400 million project to build a protective barrier surrounding the Salton Sea in California is the latest initiative aimed at restoring the lake and preserving its receding shoreline. The ...

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