The California Lake Billed as the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’

Residents of Imperial County, Calif., are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton ...
Capital & Main

Newsom Promised California a Lithium Bonanza. It Still Hasn’t Arrived.

Local officials blame environmentalists for long delays, but politics, technology and markets are the culprits.
Mongabay

Lithium mining may threaten a precious resource — water: Voices from the land (commentary)

Large-scale lithium mining may impact scarce and precious water resources and balance in Argentina’s arid ecosystems, says Clemente Flores, president of the El Angosto Indigenous community. Flores ...