Opinion: How California can rewrite extraction business model and boost Salton Sea communities

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Region faces economic pressure to become a substantial domestic supplier of lithium, challenging lower-income areas.

A dried-up portion of the Salton Sea stretches out with a geothermal power plant in the distance in Niland, Calif. Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium around the rapidly shrinking body of water.California is at a policy and fiscal crossroads. It must decide whether to rewrite the extraction business model to benefit impacted communities, or to continue with the traditional model that causes unmitigated environmental and economic injustices.

I had a hard time grappling with the reality that these resilient workers came home to so little even though they provided so much. That means investing in Salton Sea communities benefits the state — and not just gifts or one-time funding that can be taken away during on the November ballot, which would give voters an opportunity to approve important environmental protections and clean energy projects. This bond can benefit all areas of the state, while also providing $400 million to the Salton Sea region and $15 million to establish a conservancy.

California has an opportunity to make long-awaited investments in the communities that feed and power not only this state, but the entire nation.

 

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