California politicians promised white gold in ‘Lithium Valley’. But are those dream fading?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed Imperial County’s “Lithium Valley” to be a game-changer for California’s economy and alternative energy transition, little has changed. The southern end of the Salton Sea contains rich sources of lithium, a mineral used for electric car […]