Joe joined Newsweek in April 2024 after graduating from City ... newsweek.com A massive lithium discovery beneath California's Salton Sea has set off a high-stakes push for what some have implied ...

The Salton Sea, California's largest lake ... A deal to continue supplying fresh water, after inflows from the Colorado River were diverted to urban areas, expired at the end of 2017. In addition, the ...

After decades of failed attempts to preserve California's endlessly troubled 120-year-old Salton Sea, a myriad of new plans to save the salt-riddled lake are taking form. Scientists discovered a ...

A fire that broke out Wednesday north of the Salton Sea in Mecca scorched roughly 25 acres and briefly threatened residential properties before it ... Just after 2 p.m., the fire’s forward ...

A rollback of federally protected areas nearby is already underway. Time is similarly working against the decaying Salton Sea, thanks to its unique geography. While the most recent iteration of ...

I grew up in the Salton Sea region in a mobile home community of farmworkers. Our corner of the unincorporated town Mecca lacked access to transportation, grocery stores, health clinics ...

The Salton Sea, California's largest lake ... A deal to continue supplying fresh water, after inflows from the Colorado River were diverted to urban areas, expired at the end of 2017.