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Jan 14, 2025 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters For years Imperial County hospitals have struggled to grow out necessary services. More than 13,000 residents traveled beyond Imperial County lines to seek healthcare services in 2022 alone. A California Superior Court judge says a plan to consolidate distressed hospitals in Imperial County under a single health care district can move forward, dismissing a lawsuit that sought to block the plan.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters Lithium has become a crucial commodity in the global transition toward green energy. With most of it mined and refined abroad, companies are racing to tap into a vast reserve buried deep under the Salton Sea.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters As companies race to tap the vast lithium stores deep under Southern California’s Salton Sea, estimated to be worth billions, locals hope a tax will channel some profits to long-overdue social welfare and infrastructure projects. The future of lithium extraction in the Imperial Valley is hinging on a lawsuit that could define the conditions for how the industry will roll out.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters For decades South Bay communities have faced the repercussions of failing sewage and wastewater facilities on both sides of the border. There are now four lawsuits accusing the contractor running the federal sewage treatment plant on the U.S.-Mexico border of mismanagement and contributing to the Tijuana River sewage crisis.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters The spill is one of several sewage system failures in recent years brought on by the increasing intensity of weather events affecting San Diego County’s 3 million residents. The city of Oceanside has agreed to pay $1.5 million for illegally discharging almost 2 million gallons of sewage during what water regulators called a record-breaking storm in 2020 that overwhelmed a sewage lift station and a water reclamation facility.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Voters across San Diego County, California and the U.S. head to the polls today to cast their ballots in the 2024 general election. As results roll in, stay tuned to inewsource’s San Diego Election Source for live updates on races for the presidency, U.S. Congress, the California Legislature and select local contests, brought to you through a partnership with the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ. Polls are open until 8 p.m. Here is where you can vote in San Diego.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |San Diego Documenters |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters West National City is a state designated “Portside Environmental Justice Neighborhood,” which has been slated for reduction of industrial emissions that have historically impacted the community. National City residents and environmental advocates are trying to block a fuel transfer station from being built in an area already recognized by the state as one that has been impacted by industrial pollution.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters For decades South Bay communities have faced the repercussions of failing sewage and wastewater facilities on both sides of the border. San Diego County leaders are weighing whether to take legal action aimed at holding the company managing a federal wastewater plant along the U.S. border accountable for pollution.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters For decades South Bay communities have faced the repercussions of failing sewage and wastewater facilities on both sides of the border. The Tijuana River sewage crisis in San Diego has something in common with a historic water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan: a contractor accused in lawsuits of making matters worse.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
inewsource.org | Philip Salata |Philip Salata Environment
Why this matters For decades South Bay communities have faced the repercussions of failing sewage and wastewater facilities on both sides of the border. For the first time in more than a thousand days, San Diego County officials reopened some of the shoreline of Imperial Beach on Monday. But many locals say the move gives a misleading illusion of safety.
