by Max Wilbert | Jul 10, 2025 | Reflection
Are a series of new lithium-battery projects in Nevada a disaster waiting to happen? This piece was originally published on June 29th, 2025 in This is Reno, northern Nevada’s weekly. Featured image: Fire at the Moss Landing power plant in Monterey, California on...
by Max Wilbert | Jul 3, 2025 | Project updates
Editor’s note from Protect Thacker Pass: This story, which broke last week, is the latest roadblock for Lithium Nevada Corporation. Mr. Bartell’s relentless resistance to the Thacker Pass mine must be commended. He was always kind to us at Thacker Pass,...
by Max Wilbert | Nov 20, 2024 | Press Releases
Press Release: Activists Sued by Mining Company Tell Their Stories The “Thacker Pass Six,” sued in 2023 following protests, include a disabled Paiute spiritual elder, a Shoshone mother of four, and a Tribal attorney. WINNEMUCCA, NV — Six people who were sued by...
by Max Wilbert | May 27, 2024 | Project updates
Dean Barlese, elder and spiritual leader from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, prays at Thacker Pass (known as “Peehee Mu’huh” in the Paiute language) on April 25th, 2023 during a non-violent action halting construction of an open-pit lithium mine. Photo by the author....
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 26, 2024 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thacker Pass Protectors File First-Ever “Biodiversity Necessity Defense” in Nevada Court Also pursuing “Climate Necessity Defense” and making allegations that mining company has violated their rights. Attorney: “They’re not criminals; they’re...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 18, 2024 | Related Media
Today, Protect Thacker Pass is announcing the release of a new comprehensive report, “How Mining Hurts Communities.” The report focuses on the growth of mining and especially rapidly growing demand for lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, and other metals for use in...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 11, 2024 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Judge Tosses One Claim Against Thacker Pass Protectors Rejects “Unjust Enrichment” Claim, But Five Other Claims Proceed in Ongoing Lawsuit Over Spring 2023 Protests WINNEMUCCA, NV — A judge has dismissed an “unjust enrichment” charge...
by Will Falk | Feb 11, 2024 | Reflection
For the past three years, I’ve been involved in a campaign to stop the Lithium Nevada Corporation from destroying a beautiful mountain pass in northern Nevada – known as Thacker Pass in English, or Peehee mu’huh in the local Numic (Paiute) language – to extract...
by Will Falk | Jan 31, 2024 | Reflection
Yesterday, I attended a Tribal Leaders Summit at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) with the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony (RSIC). The event was hosted by UNR’s Office of Indigenous Relations, University Center of Economic Development, and the Nevada Indian...
by Max Wilbert | Jan 15, 2024 | Reflection
When worldviews collide, planet and people pay the price for ethnocentric arrogance Note: today is the 3-year anniversary of Protect Thacker Pass. The term “racism” brings to mind bigots, slurs, and the Ku Klux Klan, or the systematic disenfranchisement of certain...
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