How EV demand could revive California’s Salton Sea wasteland

The Salton Sea is far removed from the vacation paradise it once was, but beneath the toxic dust and decay lies one of the world’s largest lithium deposits. CBC’s Jean-François Bélanger went there to learn more about what the rush for EV batteries could mean for California’s most polluted lake.

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Louis Gossett Jr., trailblazing Black actor who won Oscar, Emmy awards, dead at 87

Louis Gossett Jr., who became the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, for An Officer and a Gentleman, five years after earning an Emmy for his role in the seminal TV miniseries Roots, has died. He was 87.

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 38 in Aleppo, Syria

Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed 38 people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources said, the deadliest attacks so far in an intensified Israeli campaign against Iran's allies in Syria.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-syria-airstrikes-hezbollah-1.7159487?cmp=rss