Feds Contradict Scientific Research, Say the Salton Sea’s Exposed Lakebed Is Not a Significant Source of Pollution for Disadvantaged Communities
Inside Climate News
JULY 27, 2024
The government’s draft environmental assessment, released in June, moves a key water agency closer to approval of a plan that could worsen pollution in the region. By Sarah Hopkins As the Salton Sea shrinks, a crisis deepens. The water levels of the 345-square-mile lake, located in an arid swath of agricultural land in Southern California’s Imperial County, have been receding for years, exposing the lakebed to strong winds that dry it, churn it to dust and drive the particles into surrounding co
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