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CATALYST Prediction Not checkable as stated
Olmedo: Salton Sea lithium boom will likely enrich only a handful
“And more than likely, given the history of the Imperial Valley, it'll be a few, a handful of people who have enriched themselves and have benefited from the lack of engagement of the population here.”
Luis Olmedo Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 5:12 The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California
CATALYST Assertion Not checkable as stated
Olmedo: Imperial Valley solar boom left hundreds with useless training certificates
“They promised the same thing, and now we ended up is with hundreds of people with certificates that are useless. Certificates for solar that, where there are no jobs.”
Luis Olmedo Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 15:20 The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Not checkable as stated
Olmedo: Past Solar Booms Left Hundreds in Imperial Valley with Useless Certificates
“They promised the same thing, and now we ended up is with hundreds of people with certificates that are useless. Certificates for solar that, where there are no jobs.”
Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 11:31 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California
Olmedo: Salton Sea is a polluted body of water lacking protections
“All the minerals, all the chemicals, all the toxics, it's a polluted body of water that received no protections.”
Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 1:47 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California
Olmedo: Lithium industry is a great opportunity for Imperial Valley
“This is a new opportunity to reset What the future is, and I think that the lithium industry is a great opportunity for our region. Now, that's not to say that as an environmental justice advocate, I'm endorsing it, but we're looking at the whole picture, righ…”
Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 9:56 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Partly supported
Olmedo: Majority of Salton Sea Land and Minerals Are Publicly Owned
“The majority of these resources are public resources. It's public land. It's publicly owned minerals, whether the state owns them or whether our local utility owns them.”
Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 12:23 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California
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