by Protect Thacker Pass | May 29, 2021 | Resistance Updates
BREAKING from #ProtectThackerPass – Lithium Americas aims to start destroying the land. We are here to protect Thacker Pass, sacred land of the Fort McDermitt Tribe, which is imminently threatened by an open-pit lithium mine. TAKE ACTION: JOIN the protection...
by Will Falk | May 28, 2021 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
Lithium Nevada Corporation plans to begin construction activities on the proposed Thacker Pass open pit lithium mine soon. These activities will include surface disturbance, mechanized trench excavation, and removal of wildlife habitat. These activities will also...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 27, 2021 | Resistance Updates
There are so few places left in the world that are truly quiet. Try to remember the last time you were in a place where you couldn’t hear man made noise. How long did that quiet last? A minute? 10? An hour? Even on camping trips in the backcountry I regularly...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 26, 2021 | Resistance Updates
For those who could not attend the NDEP meeting last night, here is a quick summary. It went about as we expected, with NDEP focusing on how they will keep the mine “safe” (but can you really keep a mine “safe” when it involves blowing a huge...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 26, 2021 | Art
Of Meadowlarks, Dawn to Dawn, by Caroline Williford I. After my first week-long stay at Thacker Pass I leave at dawn. At 5:30, purring up my car and slowly steering out of camp, I am greeted by the tall eared hare. The one that hops out of the rabbit bush every time I...
by Max Wilbert | May 24, 2021 | Resistance Updates
In this resistance update from Thacker Pass, Max shares some of the incredible species that make up the rich Thacker Pass ecology. Some people look out over the sagebrush sea and see “wasteland” but that couldn’t be further from the truth....
by Will Falk | May 22, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Before the public information meeting with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (Orovada Community Center, Tuesday, May 25 at 6 PM) about the permits Lithium Nevada still needs, I wanted to ask: Why should we trust NDEP to protect water, air, and land?...
by Will Falk | May 21, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Aimee Keys (Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mining and Reclamation Chief) has said NDEP expects to grant Lithium Nevada’s water permit with a stipulation about mining below the water table. So NDEP is planning on issuing the permit before...
by Will Falk | May 20, 2021 | Reflection
Most people when they first arrive at Thacker Pass declare that she is very beautiful. She is very beautiful, yes, but she is also very sick – so sick, in fact, that her sickness is becoming terminal. It is not difficult to see. Take a walk along on any of the dirt...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 18, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Sarah G interviews Michael Skolnick about the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) prepared for the BLM by Lithium Americas. Michael is a researcher, formerly with Great Basin Institute. He provides important insight into the FEIS. Interview with Michael...
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