Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits ...

Hell’s Kitchen, in the Salton Sea, promises to unearth a motherlode of lithium, a mineral essential to electric car batteries ...

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

Randy 'R Dub!' Williams runs the desert micro-nation of Slowjamastan, an 11-acre expanse that makes fun of the concept of the ...

The $1.36 billion “conditional commitment” loan, announced by the Department of Energy on January 15, would help EnergySource ...

More than 300 educators at Coachella Valley Unified will receive layoff notices, effective June 30, though some may have the ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has committed to a $1.4 billion loan for a project that will use an emerging technology to separate lithium from geothermal brines in California. The agency says the ...

Kerry Berman lives in Palm Desert and is a certified interpretive guide, an I-naturalist, author of the new book “Enchanted Valley Palm Springs and Beyond” and a USMC disabled combat veteran. He can ...

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 ...