Judge says county officials adequately studied water and air quality issues for the Hells Kitchen project near the edge of ...

The Imperial Irrigation District is officially joining California’s newly formed Salton Sea Conservancy, a move that shifts ...

The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) announced its transition from the Salton Sea Authority to the State of California’s ...

A massive lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea has set off a high-stakes push for what some have implied could be America's best shot at lithium self-sufficiency. The U.S. Department of ...

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In an aerial view, steam rises from fumaroles, or steam vents, situated between two of the five Salton Buttes lava dome volcanoes that line the southeastern edge of the Salton Sea and are heated by ...

A 400 acre swath of wetlands near the Salton Sea burned this weekend, with choking grey smoke casting an unhealthy pall for miles over northeastern Imperial County. Duck hunters in the area who built ...

To the editor: I believe it’s disingenuous to write about the drying Salton Sea without including the fact that the desert lake is not a naturally occurring body of water. (“As California farms use ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, ...

California should bring all its resources to bear to support renewable energy development and restoration efforts at the Salton Sea, said a top state lawmaker while touring the area Tuesday. “I don’t ...