General Motors (GM) and Controlled Thermal Resources have reached a historic agreement to develop low-cost lithium at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, the companies announced on Friday. With this deal, GM becomes the first company to make a multi-million dollar investment in Controlled Thermal Resources Hell’s Kitchen project, which is located near the Salton Sea.
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Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D. tells News Channel 3 exclusively that his office has sent letters to Fish and Wildlife Service and Imperial Irrigation District in regards to the Red Hill Bay Project at the Salton Sea. The joint effort between IID and FWS broke ground in 2015, but has yet to be completed. It was
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Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz met with Department of Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm earlier this week to chart a path forward to develop the lithium deposits underneath the Salton Sea and help create clean energy jobs for the community. The DOE is working to support American researchers who are developing the technologies to extract lithium from
Continue Reading The California State Water Resources Control Board today urged people and their pets to avoid the water in the Salton Sea due to a toxic algae outbreak. Officials said that patches of toxic cyanobacteria have been discovered at numerous sites in the sea, and a dog recently died after swimming in the water. “Cyanobacteria harmful
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SALTON SEA, Calif. – On Saturday morning three valley high school students set out on the Salton Sea, kayaking from one side to the other in an effort to raise awareness on the environmental plight and public health issues brought on by California’s largest lake. Palm Desert High School senior Layton Jones, Desert Mirage High
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For the first time since 1997, there will be a Congressional Hearing regarding the Salton Sea. News Channel 3’s Dani Romero has more on what’s next for the sea. Its been over two decades since congressional leaders sat down and discussed the Salton Sea. “This hearing is the First Congressional hearing on this issue since
Continue Reading California’s state budget includes $47 million to help the Salton Sea. The new budget was signed by Governor Newsom last month. The ongoing crisis at the Salton Sea has created environmental and human health concerns that have been discussed for decades. “Already we have the largest rate of pediatric asthma hospitalization in the entire state,”
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Wind and solar often lead the conversation when it comes to renewable energy in California. But new plans suggest geothermal energy could be a growing part of our state’s effort to go green. Geothermal plants generate clean, renewable electricity around the clock, unlike solar panels or wind turbines. The technology, which has been around for
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Representatives Raul Ruiz and Juan Vargas, alongside senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris sent a letter to the United States Secretary of Agriculture to support the Species Conservation Habitat Project at the Salton Sea. The letter was written to secretary Perdue urging the Federal Government to address the problems of the Salton Sea. The letter
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Last year, between January 8-17th, thousands of birds died at the Salton Sea. This was due to a bacterial outbreak known as Avian Cholera. This year, The Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge (SBNWR) has not found any birds with the same bacterial infection. Taban Sharifi spoke with Chris Schoneman, the Refuge Manager at the Sonny
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The Imperial Irrigation District Board has issued a letter of support for the local emergency proclamation at the Salton Sea. The IID Board of Directors unanimously approved issuing a letter of support for Riverside County’s recent proclamation of a local emergency for air pollution at the Salton Sea. In the letter to Governor Gavin Newsom,
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The Salton Sea is 35 miles long and 15 miles wide. Tuesday morning, News Channel 3’s Madison Weil got a bird’s eye view of the environmental disaster in the making at the Salton Sea. Will Worthington, a volunteer pilot for Lighthawk, a company that works with a conservation group educating people on the changing landscape
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A new board along with a standing room only crowd at the North Shore Beach and Yacht Club Community Center talked Tuesday about what it will take to save the Salton Sea, where the water level is dropping daily. But, it’s one particular area of North Shore area the board is focused first. “I think
Continue ReadingAn odor advisory first issued more than a week ago due to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide wafting up from the Salton Sea, which is creating a smell similar to rotten eggs in the Coachella Valley, is scheduled to expire today after being extended four times. The South Coast Air Quality Management District first issued
Continue ReadingRiverside County supervisors today approved an aggregate $1.79 million in expendituresfor a project to clear the Salton Sea north marina of dirt and debris to make the channel usable again by boaters who dock at the North Shore Beach & Yacht Club. On a 4-0 vote, with Supervisor Jeff Hewitt away on personal business, the
Continue ReadingThe United State House of Representative has passed H.R. 2740, an appropriations bill in support of a federal agreement to allot $30 million for projects which would address the environmental and health crisis at the Salton Sea. Included in the Bill is an amendment from Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D – Palm Desert) which would
Continue ReadingA new report paints a grim future for birds that rely on the Salton Sea habitat. Audubon California-released report uses bird-monitoring data from several different sources to show just how the destruction of the Salton Sea ecological habitat has decimated the populations of both pelicans and cormorants endemic to the area. As the Salton Sea
Continue ReadingState officials will be at the Salton Sea Tuesday morning to give an update on the many issues facing the troubled lake to stakeholders. Some stakeholders such as the Audubon Society are calling on state officials and the Imperial Irrigation District to come to an agreement on habitat restoration and dust mitigation at the lake.
Continue ReadingCommunity health concerns over the Salton Sea were raised once again after the California Department of Fish and Game revealed that thousands of migrating birds have died at the Salton Sea from Jan. 8 to Jan 17. Read: Thousands of birds die at Salton Sea Imperial Valley Environmental Health officials announced today there is no
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