Amidst the shrinking, toxic Salton Sea, there's enough lithium to meet the United States' entire projected demand, and fuel the electric vehicle revolution.
A race is on to produce lithium in the United States, but competing projects are taking very different approaches to extracting the vital raw material. Some might not be very green.
Hedge funds, fire victims and public officials all have a stake in what becomes of the giant utility, now in bankruptcy. And Warren Buffett’s name is being invoked.
