by Max Wilbert | Sep 17, 2023 | HiTech Minerals, Project updates
As readers are aware, I’ve been embroiled in fighting the Thacker Pass lithium mine for the last three years. What you may not know is that the entire region around Thacker Pass, which is known as the McDermitt Caldera, was formed by the Yellowstone Hot Spot 16...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Sep 7, 2023 | Reflection
We encourage supporters to submit comments to the BLM at every opportunity regarding all mining-related activities at Thacker Pass and throughout the McDermitt Caldera. However, we also recognize that doing so is unlikely to stop any of the planned mines in this area....
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 28, 2023 | Press
by Christopher Ketcham, for TruthDig Excerpt: When I camped with Wilbert in November 2021, we walked together the old growth sagebrush and high desert bunchgrasses. The nights were cool, the days balmy, the place filled with a feeling of peaceful majesty. Wilbert was...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 21, 2023 | Press Releases
The protectors, including descendants of survivors of the 1865 Thacker Pass massacre, were sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation for defending a sacred site WINNEMUCCA, NV — A group of seven water protectors sued by a mining company for peacefully protesting the Thacker...
by Max Wilbert | Aug 12, 2023 | Reflection
This article was published in the Nevada Independent on August 12, 2023 Recent coverage of the Thacker Pass lithium mine in the Nevada press overlooks the controversy around this project. Lithium Americas Corporation (LAC) has faced four lawsuits, three protest camps,...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 8, 2023 | Art
We have received some amazing artwork over the 2.5 years of Protect Thacker Pass… thank you to all the artists who have sent in your creative responses to what’s happening at Thacker Pass / Peehee Mu’huh. Yesterday we received this amazing piece of...
by Elisabeth Robson | Aug 7, 2023 | Reflection
To some, the undulating grey and brown fells of the sagebrush sea in the arid American West are dull and boring. Driving at 80mph along the highway, through mile after mile of sagebrush, often with little sign of life except the occasional black cow roasting in the...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 19, 2023 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lithium Nevada Lawsuit Aims to Stop Tribal Members and Allies from Praying at Sacred Site June 19, 2023 RENO, NV — Lithium Nevada Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Protect Thacker Pass and seven people for opposing the Thacker Pass lithium...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 10, 2023 | Reflection, Related Media
Lithium Americas Corporation (LAC), the company whose subsidiary Lithium Nevada Corporation (LNC) is currently destroying Thacker Pass by building a massive open-pit lithium mine, has another subsidiary Minera Exar SA, a joint venture of LAC, Ganfeng Lithium (a...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 9, 2023 | Press Releases, Resistance Updates
We are reposting the following two press releases from Ox Sam Camp, published June 8 and June 7, 2023. The fight continues at Thacker Pass / Peehee Mu’huh. If you want to support the ongoing lawsuit, and help us support legal defense of Protect Thacker Pass and...
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