Like Utah, California has had pipeline dreams to save its drying Salton Sea
The difference between the Salton Sea and Great Salt Lake is “much greater political will in Utah” to address the shrinking lake, says expert.
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The difference between the Salton Sea and Great Salt Lake is “much greater political will in Utah” to address the shrinking lake, says expert.
The Salton Sea is a 316-square mile, shallow glaze of water in Southern California that has been receding in recent years. Scientists believe the toxic dust kicked up from the exposed lakebed is contributing to respiratory disease in the region. It now offers a tableau of dead wildlife, toxic dust, and neglect.
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Hollywood's jetset once crowded the shores of the Salton Sea, a then-idyllic southern California playground for the wealthy. Today, it is desolate and depressed -- the evaporating water leaving behind dead shellfish, dust and chemicals that irritate the airways. But also lithium. The increasingly valuable metal, whose supply is concentrated…
Hollywood’s jetset once crowded the shores of the Salton Sea, a then-idyllic southern California playground for the wealthy. Today, it is desolate and depressed – the evaporating water leaving behind dead shellfish, dust and chemicals that...