by Elisabeth Robson | Oct 24, 2021 | Art
Thacker Pass land protector Alex C. Eisenberg created these pieces after she returned from the Protect Thacker Pass camp, and they are published along with several others in Pangyrus Magazine. Thank you Alex, and thank you Pangyrus for publishing these wonderful...
by Elisabeth Robson | Aug 5, 2021 | Press, Reflection
The history of the industrial era is one of colonization and extraction. This continues today, as we who work to protect the land know well. The film In the name of lithium is a documentary about the struggle of Argentine indigenous communities to prevent their salt...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 23, 2021 | Reflection
The plan to “electrify everything” that is rapidly taking over all economic and policy planning around the world means that mining for metals and minerals will increase dramatically to supply demand for technologies like EVs and so much more. Take a look...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 12, 2021 | Art, Resistance Updates
Like the US, the EU is in a mad rush to replace gas-powered vehicles with EVs. The EU currently imports most of its lithium from Chile, the US and Russia, but like the US wants to develop its own supply chain so it’s less dependent on imports. As a result there...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 7, 2021 | Reflection
In his recent opinion piece, “Thacker Pass Lithium Mine is Important for Limiting Global Warming,” Glenn Miller makes the same fundamental error so many others do these days: believing that climate change is the main crisis, rather than a symptom of the real crisis we...
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