Friday Top of the Scroll: Lithium Valley panel releases draft report, will miss October deadline
California’s Lithium Valley Commission has released a draft of the report it is legally required to prepare by Oct. 1 with 44 possible recommendations, some of which have already been met in the state’s recently passed budget and new legislation…. While all sides agree the potential production of the lightweight mineral from a vast, underground geothermal reserve at the south end of the dwindling Salton Sea is an enormous opportunity for the region, the recommendations at times represent competing wish lists from different factions…. Community advocates also want the “Lithium Valley” region to be clearly mapped, and to include eastern Riverside County communities that endure high rates of asthma and from toxic dust blowing off the rapidly drying sea, as well as Imperial County towns and cities.
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