BRAWLEY – A new report from environmental justice and conservation groups alleges that Imperial County’s rushed approval of a massive lithium extraction project near the Salton Sea was based on a deeply flawed environmental review that failed to protect already overburdened communities and sacred tribal sites, potentially creating a new “green sacrifice zone” in the name of clean energy.

The report, titled “The Devil is in the Details: Environmental Health Impacts of the Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power Project,” was published by Comite Civico del Valle (CCV) and Earthworks. It serves as a comprehensive indictment of the environmental impact report (EIR) used to approve the project proposed by Controlled Thermal Resources, Inc. (CTR), arguing it violates the California Environmental Quali

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