Luis Olmedo

Executive Director, Comité Cívico del Valle · 1 appearance on the record.

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Luis Olmedo leads Comité Cívico del Valle, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to addressing environmental injustices and public health disparities in California's Imperial Valley. He is known for his advocacy surrounding Salton Sea lithium projects, advocating for community safeguards and economic equity.

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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

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

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

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California	Feb 2, 2022	2m

Luis Olmedo

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