Updates | Protect Thacker Pass

BREAKING: “This Fight Isn’t Over” – Three Tribes File New Lawsuit Challenging Thacker Pass Lithium Mine

by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 17, 2023 | Press Releases

Late yesterday, three Native American Tribes — the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe — launched a major new lawsuit against the Thacker Pass lithium mine. Will Falk is representing RSIC and SLPT in this lawsuit, and Protect...

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Statement on Yesterday’s Court Decision

by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 7, 2023 | Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Bethany Sam, Will Falk, Max Wilbert RENO, NV — On Monday, Judge Miranda Du issued her decision in the consolidated Thacker Pass court cases including Case No. 3:21-cv-00080-MMD-CLB, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Burns Paiute Tribe...

Judge Du publishes decision in Thacker Pass Court Case

by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 6, 2023 | Project updates

Judge Du has published her decision in the Bartell Ranch LLC v. Ester M. McCullough (BLM) case, in which Lithium Nevada Corporation, four environmental organizations, and the Reno Sparks Indian Colony and Burns Paiute Tribe also participated. She did not revoke the...

Two Years of Protect Thacker Pass

by Max Wilbert | Jan 20, 2023 | Reflection, Resistance Updates

Artwork by Jamie Watson The campaign to stop an open-pit lithium mine began on January 15th, 2021, after the Trump Administration fast-tracked mining on critical wildlife habitat that also happens to be a sacred site. This past Sunday was the two-year anniversary of...

Thacker Pass Protectors to March and Rally Outside Federal Court on Thursday, January 5th!

by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 4, 2023 | Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE January 4, 2023 Reno-Sparks Indian ColonyContacts:Bethany Sam, Media RelationsWill Falk, Attorney for Reno-Sparks Indian Colony & Summit Lake Paiute TribeMax Wilbert, Protect Thacker Pass FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thacker Pass Protectors to March and...

PRESS RELEASE: Conservation and Public Accountability Groups to argue the Illegality of the proposed Thacker Pass Lithium Mine

by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 4, 2023 | Project updates

For Immediate Release January 3, 2023 Contacts:John Hadder, Great Basin Resource WatchKevin Emmerich, Basin and Range WatchKatie Fite, Wildlands DefenseGreta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project Conservation and Public Accountability Groups to argue the Illegality of...

What to expect from the court hearing on Thursday, Jan 5 2023

by Will Falk | Jan 1, 2023 | Resistance Updates

I made a video to explain what will be happening at the Thacker Pass court hearing on Thursday, January 5 at 10 AM Pacific in Reno. It’s really important that everyone understands how limited legal victories are in these kinds of cases. Even if we win,...

What’s Happening at Thacker Pass? The Fight Over Lithium, Greenwashing, and Sacred Sites

by Max Wilbert | Dec 29, 2022 | Resistance Updates

PRESS RELEASE: As Court Ruling Nears, Thacker Pass Sacred Sites Are Already Being Damaged

by Protect Thacker Pass | Dec 27, 2022 | Press Releases

December 27, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As Court Ruling Nears, Thacker Pass Sacred Sites Are Already Being Damaged Tribal Chairman: “It’s Our Responsibility to Protect Sacred Sites” Contact:Will Falk, Attorney for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Summit Lake Paiute...

An Uncertain Winter at Thacker Pass

by Max Wilbert | Dec 20, 2022 | Reflection, Resistance Updates

Court hearing nears as Lithium Nevada pushes forward with illegal work on-site Winter is a beautiful time at Thacker Pass. If summer is a dusty sullen torpor, fall brooding and wistful and blooming, spring tumultuous and muddy and headlong, winter is a crystalline...