The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for WaterThis investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. CALIPATRIA, Calif.—On a border-town road surrounded by alfalfa and grain fields, William Cooper stopped before a dusty, vacant lot. Its owner, he said, is one of many investors drawn to the arid Imperial Valley by a critical mineral…Inside Climate News6d agoWhole story →Planetlithium mining controversy
