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Protect Thacker Pass Occupation Update

Protect Thacker Pass Occupation Update

by Max Wilbert | Jan 19, 2021 | Project updates, Resistance Updates

The wind is powerful tonight in Thacker Pass! Nature is fierce — but the land cannot defend itself against brutal, lying, profit-driven corporations and greenwashers without our help, so we are braving the 40 mph winds and freezing temperatures to stand again this...
Video Update: Protect Thacker Pass Occupation

Video Update: Protect Thacker Pass Occupation

by Max Wilbert | Jan 18, 2021 | Resistance Updates

Last Friday, a group of activists including myself launched an occupation of a proposed mine in northern Nevada. Lithium Americas corporation plans to rip open 5,000 acres of this land to extract lithium for consumer products. This is sacred land and we aim to defend...
Lithium Wars in Thacker Pass

Lithium Wars in Thacker Pass

by Max Wilbert | Dec 20, 2020 | Project updates, Resistance Updates

Reporting from #ThackerPass #Nevada – site of a massive proposed lithium mine. Nevada government and federal agencies have fast-tracked the sacrifice of this mountainside in favor of a $1.3 billion dollar mine that could produce tens of billions in profits....
Lithium Wars  Part 4 — Thacker Pass

Lithium Wars Part 4 — Thacker Pass

by Max Wilbert | Dec 7, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates

Reporting from #ThackerPass #Nevada – site of a massive proposed lithium mine. Nevada government and federal agencies have fast-tracked the sacrifice of this mountainside in favor of a $1.3 billion dollar mine that could produce tens of billions in profits....
Lithium Wars  Part 3: Tiehm’s Buckwheat and the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium Mine

Lithium Wars Part 3: Tiehm’s Buckwheat and the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium Mine

by Max Wilbert | Oct 15, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates

What killed 14,000 critically endangered buckwheat plants at the site of a proposed lithium mine to supply critical minerals for the so-called “green” electric vehicle industry? This video reports from Rhyolite Ridge in western Nevada, traditional...
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