by Elisabeth Robson | Dec 1, 2022 | Reflection
Fossil fuel companies learned a long time ago tactics to reframe what they do to the communities and ecosystems their projects impact. Since 1992—the year of the first United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—these companies have perfected greenwashing...
by Elisabeth Robson | Nov 9, 2022 | Reflection
“Climate emergency”. We hear these words regularly these days, whenever there is a wild fire, a flood, or an extreme weather event of any kind. We hear these words at the annual Conference of Parties (COPs) on climate change held by the United Nations...
by Elisabeth Robson | Aug 5, 2022 | Reflection
Car tires and brakes are major sources of pollutants that are poisoning fish and littering the ocean with microplastics, and EVs will only make this problem worse. Car tires contain 6PPD-quinone, a toxic chemical used to help stop car tires from breaking down. This...
by Elisabeth Robson | May 5, 2022 | Reflection
It’s Not Just Thacker Pass. The Entire Region is on the Chopping Block. by Elisabeth Robson In their June 2021 Fact Sheet about the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Project, Lithium Americas includes a two page document about biodiversity at Thacker Pass and claim they have...
by Elisabeth Robson | Mar 9, 2022 | Reflection
Published March 8 in the Reno-Gazette Journal. Re: “Thacker Pass mine important for Nevada,” Feb. 22: In his opinion column, Glenn Miller claims that replacing fossil fuel cars with cars that use lithium-ion batteries will “provide a major contribution to...
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