by Elisabeth Robson | May 5, 2021 | Resistance Updates
A Committee of Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribal Members who practice their traditions has formed to oppose the Thacker Pass Open Pit Lithium Mine project. The Committee is named Atsa-Koodakuh-Wyh Nuwu (People of Red Mountain) and they ask you to show your...
by Elisabeth Robson | May 5, 2021 | Art
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by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 27, 2021 | Reflection
Thacker Pass from a viewpoint in the Montana Mountains to the North. Nearly 6,000 acres of the old-growth sagebrush habitat shown in this image would be destroyed by the proposed project, and since lithium is found throughout this area, future expansions are likely to...
by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 25, 2021 | Art, Reflection
It is helpful sometimes to do a little math to understand the scale of what’s required to sustain car culture. A Tesla 70kWh car battery requires about 63kg / 138 pounds of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3). Tesla would like to produce 20 million cars per year by 2030....
by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 24, 2021 | Art, Reflection
Got a good question on the blog today that I think is worth highlighting here. Mike asks: Who makes the decision of whether a natural landscape gets destroyed so a mine…lithium or otherwise…can be built? Is it the Nevada state legislature? Congress? Dept. or...
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