A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S.

California’s Salton Sea has just made it onto the map of the planet’s largest ‘White gold’ aka lithium deposits, with a value of up to $540 billion. With $540 billion in lithium ...

Salton Sea is noted as the largest lake in California, and the discovery of lithium or "white gold" will prove to be a revolutionary find for the battery industry.

The lake contains far more lithium than previously estimated. A significant lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea, the state's largest lake, has the potential to transform the US ...

Flanked by the Chocolate Mountains and the fertile green acres of California's Imperial Valley, the Salton Sea is one of the most spectacular and bizarre bodies of water in the United States.

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. I grew up in the Salton Sea region in a mobile home community of farmworkers. Our corner of the ...

The Salton Sea, California's largest lake, has suffered from decades of environmental degradation, impacting the health of nearby residents and the local ecosystem. Recent funding allocations ...