ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal visits California’s largest inland lake, where nearby communities face danger from exposed toxins, but also increased attention from the rush to extract a critical resource. ABC News Live Prime, Monday through Friday at 7EST and 9EST WATCH ABC News live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit. ly/2vZb6yP See more at http://abcnews.go.com/ LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/abcnews FOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/abc #ABCNNLPrime #PowerofWater #CaliforniaSaltonSea #InlandLake #toxins
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GM claim to be the owner of this salton sea lake,, because they need lithium to produce ev battery, but just look at the map,,, there are thousands people live around the lake,,, mostly very poor people,,, how are you going to dis place them????
here is the deal,,,, capitalism doesn't care anything but money,,,, however,,,, california is a democrat state—–which is bad for capitalism,, bad for large institute such as GM,,, any democrat gov out put tons of regulations against business to operate,, high tax,, high share go to the local people,,, high demands,, high unions enforcement,,, too many barriers for business,,
AT the final,,,, this golden opportunity will vanish,, even it won't,, but still will drag on 20—-50 years to move just 1 inch,,,, it just stifle everything,,,,,
Hopefully all that water will cause the big One..
A cultural change towards long term ism and environmentalism must occur or we will never act in time to save ourselves
Salton sea is below sea level and the 2 rivers that come out of the sewers of Mexico flows right in it. It's one big toilet bowl of sewage water. Every year they say they are going to clean it up, but then it's crickets. There is no hope for it.
There needs to be a clear policy on the Salton Sea. And then made clear to the public. If the policy is to let the lake evaporate and go away, then make that policy well known and don’t get wish washy about it. If the plan is to re water the lake, then make the choice and make it happen.
California is littered with dry lake beds. Some man made, most naturally made. Tulare lake was purposely dried up but since it’s a natural basin, in high water runoff years, it reforms for a while. The reason it went away was it’s water sources were diverted for other uses. Like the virtual disappearance of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, which prior to 1960, was the worlds 4th largest lake. Now, most of it is gone. What little of it that’s left is being recovered, but most of it has been allowed to die and for all intents and purposes, it’s not going to be reestablished.
Imperial County has some of the highest rates of child asthma. The drying lake leaves behind chemicals that are picked up on the wind. I wouldn’t go anywhere near it.
Let it dry up and harvest the lithium underneath.
Feel free to move back to Mexico since you shouldn't be living there to begin with.
This sounds good… spread the lithium profits, and restore the sea!!?
And there was a problem with the volume when the chap was speaking of this ABC?
The Laguna Salada in Mexico not too far from there met the same faith, used to be an oasis that is now dried up into a lake of sand.
Heron raspy Newsom now is happy ! Lithium was found!
I’m sorry but it is very widely known this lake is toxic and a dead lake. The woman at the beginning claims she had no idea so we are then supposed to feel bad? There are literally dead fish all over the shores. It’s a live at your own risk kind of place.
It's a triple man-made disaster ! First the lake was formed accidentally by the Colorado River from a breach then they decided to cut any more fresh water from flowing into lake San Diego's more important we're not going to let any water go in there then they decide to do agriculture and all the pesticides flow into the lake . They need to change it back and let some fresh water flow into that lake . And also do something about the pesticides from the farming make something so it doesn't flow into the lake .
Good coverage of critical issue. Is Lake Tulare next?
Go back to Mexico. It's much healthier in Mexico 🤗
Lets be clear: Had there not been an accidental breakage in the Colorado River this artificial lake would have never formed. Before it was just Salt Flats. Let nature take its course and let it go back to salt flats, let the lithium help create needed jobs, let the money help California form clean water pipelines between it's lakes and USA's largest lake Mead to help conserve needed water in years to come.
If California wasn’t such a bureaucratic nightmare they could build new desalination plants we live next to an ocean. It won’t solve all of the water issues but it would help.
Totally untrue. No way is this is economical
People who find this funny, mocking, etc are to be pitied now for the consequences we all will face in the near future if this goes on at this lake. The Southwestern Bread&Veggie Imperial Is the Nation's Largest Supplier followed by Central Cal, MidWest, South. When this Lake dries up halfway to zero. The Cancerous Toxicity Runoff Chemicals will contaminate Farming Produce, Cattle, even fruit production including Water Resources and high mountain ranges like the Sierras to the Rocky Mountains. The toxin dust will spread across the West to East as far as Texas down Mexico wherever the wind carries it. Disease like Cancer & Asthma will Skyrocket 10X Fold that only the wealthy would afford cleaned water by expensive tech that Reverse Osmosis alone isn't enough to safely drink. Hell Greenland is the last pure natural clean source of water if it hasn't been targeted by nuclear warheads.
Move out
Nobody will care. It is just poor color people there.
Just connect the Salton Sea to the ocean thru a pipeline for instance this way water Will cover the toxic dust beside other benefits
More crying lefty propaganda 😅😅😅😂😂😂😊😊😊😊
The Salton Sea was created by an accident in the early 1900s. It's not supposed to be there.