Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?
- Written by Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The edge of the Salton Sea, a heavily polluted lake with large geothermal and lithium resources beneath it. Manuel PastorImperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state’s biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. And the region’s politics have...
