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In Southern California’s Imperial Valley, unemployment is high, wages are low and agriculture is the dominant industry. But the move to electric vehicles may turn the region into “Lithium Valley.” John Blackstone explains.

What’s happening in California could ultimately impact the future of lithium mining in Maine.

Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc. (CTR) has broken ground on the construction of an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility at the Salton Sea in California.

La voz experta de Patrick Dobson, científico estadounidense que como pocos en el mundo conoce hasta los mínimos detalles del elemento llamado a convertirse en uno de los más estratégicos dentro de la transición energética que se vive en nuestro planeta

California’s Salton Sea region has even more lithium than previously thought, according to a new report led by researchers at Berkeley Lab, UC Davis, and UC Riverside, for the DOE Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO). Their analysis showed that the region’s resources are expected to contain approximately 3,400 kilotons of lithium, enough to support over 375 million batteries for EV’s—more than the total number of vehicles currently on U.S. roads. This visual interactive story map describes the work.

We first heard about the potential to harvest lithium from California’s Salton Sea region back in Episode 62. My guest in Episode 153 mentioned there were some studies to see just how much lithium was there.

Imperial County, a sprawling desert region three hours southeast of Los Angeles that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, may not be what you would typically associate with Southern California.

Want to produce a huge amount of lithium for electric vehicle batteries — and also batteries that keep our homes powered after sundown — without causing the environmental destruction that lithium extraction often entails?

While the use of lithium to power electric vehicle batteries has been around for close to a decade, and while car manufacturers and scientists have been on the hunt for a more efficient battery, today most manufacturers rely on lithium batteries as their primary go-to for power

Clean energy technologies provide global benefits through climate mitigation and many local environmental benefits for consumers. However, the supply chains that produce them inevitably impose some environmental burden on the communities where they operate. To align with the principles of environmental justice, the burdens and benefits of clean energy supply chains should be distributed equitably, with decision-making processes that empower local communities to participate.