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...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Nov 29, 2023 | Press Releases
Contact: Bethany Sam, RSIC Media Relations Will Falk, Attorney for RSIC and SLPT Max Wilbert, Protect Thacker Pass RENO, NV — On Tuesday, December 5th, from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, following a federal judge’s dismissal of their latest lawsuit, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Nov 7, 2023 | Reflection
At Protect Thacker Pass, we’ve heard from people who think that companies should mine lithium in Imperial Valley (“Lithium Valley”) at the Salton Sea because it would be “better” than mining lithium at Thacker Pass. To be clear up front: Protect Thacker Pass opposes...
by Max Wilbert | Sep 30, 2023 | HiTech Minerals, Project updates, Reflection
Mountaintop removal for lithium to go into electric vehicle batteries is ecocide, just like mountaintop removal for coal mining is. Earlier this week, I visited the site of yet another planned open pit lithium mine that is threatening the Great Basin — this time, in...
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