by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 29, 2021 | Resistance Updates
We need your help! We need you to call and write Craig Young with Far Western Anthropological Research Group and oppose the looting of native people and culture at Thacker Pass. Thacker Pass, NV is on the chopping block for destruction in the name of a 400-foot deep...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 27, 2021 | Resistance Updates
A few weeks ago, Max Wilbert from Protect Thacker Pass, and Myron Smart from Fort McDermitt, joined Eco Flight to get a bird’s eye view of McDermitt Caldera, the area in Southern Oregon and Northern Nevada that is under threat from lithium mining by Lithium...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 20, 2021 | Resistance Updates
On June 15, 2021 during the live presentation portion of the phone banking event, Will Falk talked about why the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine project is a racist project, and provided an update on the most recent legal status of the project, and the resistance to this...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 17, 2021 | Resistance Updates
We often hear from people who say that “lithium is better than oil & gas” and that “we’ll be able to recycle all the lithium we’ll need”. These are common misconceptions about both the realities of lithium mining and what it...
by Max Wilbert | Jun 17, 2021 | Resistance Updates
June 17, MongaBay Global emissions of carbon dioxide reached 36.8 billion metric tons in 2019, and were on track for the highest levels ever in 2020. But then the coronavirus hit, and the resulting economic slowdown caused carbon emissions to fall by 7 percent. Now...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 15, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Hope you are calling Secretary Deb Haaland right now to ask her to meet with the regional native people and rescind the permits for the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine! Please call (202) 208-3100 then Press 3, then press 0 to leave a comment. CALL SCRIPT: Hello, my name is...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 14, 2021 | Press Releases, Resistance Updates
Tribal Members Aim to Stop Lithium Nevada Corporation From Digging Up Cultural Sites in Thacker Pass Fort McDermitt, Nevada – As soon as July 29, 2021, Lithium Nevada Corporation (LNC) plans to begin removing cultural sites, artifacts, and possibly human remains...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 12, 2021 | Press
Thacker Pass gets a mention in this article in the Phoenix New Times about another proposed lithium mine in Arizona, one that would use the same sulfuric acid leaching process that the Thacker Pass lithium mine would use. It’s also yet another mine threatening...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 11, 2021 | Interview
Listen to this June 7 interview with Daranda Hinkey and Max Wilbert on KPFA 94.1 Flashpoints. They speak about Peehee mm’huh / Thacker Pass. Thank you Daranda and Max! Daranda Hinkey and Will joined the radio show “UpFront” on Berkeley, CA’s...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 11, 2021 | Art
In The Desert (by Alex Eisenberg) The earth returns slowly to life Deathly flowers now burst between bare rocks irrepressible just emerged from the long winter a spectacle of color mountains in all directions mineral-streaked a vivid orange fungi bird nests on wild...
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