by Max Wilbert | Apr 8, 2021 | Reflection
It’s often said that solar panels, wind turbines, and the lithium-ion batteries that store their energy and power electric vehicles will save the planet. What most people don’t know is that producing lithium has direct links to the Alberta Tar Sands (also known as the...
by Rebecca Wildbear | Apr 8, 2021 | Reflection
Photograph of Thacker Pond by Max Wilbert Lithium: Mining Mountains of Water by Rebecca Wildbear Nearly a third of the world lacks safe drinking water, though I have rarely been without. In a red rock canyon in Utah, backpacking on a week-long wilderness training in...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Reflection
Photograph of wild onion by Max Wilbert By Trinity La Fey, March 25, 2021 When, concerned for our safety, my husband pressured me to either censor or disguise myself online, I replied, “You keep talking at me like I don’t know what kind of world this is and I am...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
Photograph of deer at Thacker Pass by Spenser Heaps for Deseret News. See the article for more of Spenser’s terrific photography. A proposed lithium mine in rural northern Nevada has created unlikely alliances as efforts to address climate change clash...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
Photograph of old-growth sagebrush at Thacker Pass at sunset by Sarah Gar By Sarah Gar | April 6, 2021 A recent Cornell University report links 40% of human deaths today to pollution, so why doesn’t this pandemic dominate the news cycle? Why don’t communities...
by Will Falk | Apr 6, 2021 | Resistance Updates
In advance of Lithium Nevada representatives visiting Orovada today, Protect Thacker Pass wants to share some information about lies and misleading statements the company has made in the past (as recently as yesterday, at their community meeting in McDermitt). Our...
by Will Falk | Apr 6, 2021 | Interview
This is an interview with Will Falk on Resistance Radio about Thacker Pass. Will Falk is a biophilic writer and lawyer. The natural world speaks and Will’s work is how he listens. He believes the intensifying destruction of the natural world is the most pressing issue...
by Max Wilbert | Apr 6, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm huh, is threatened for an open pit lithium mine. In this video, myself and Will Falk of Protect Thacker Pass, and Daranda Hinkey of the Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe, speak from the top of Sentinel Rock at the eastern side of Thacker...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 5, 2021 | Press Releases
For Immediate Release, April 5, 2021 Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Cancels Agreement with Lithium Mine, Promising Lawsuit Fort McDermitt, Nevada — Opposition to lithium mining is growing in native communities in Nevada. On Monday, the Fort McDermitt Paiute and...
by Max Wilbert | Apr 4, 2021 | Reflection
It is dawn at Thacker Pass. The sun rises over the Santa Rosa Mountains, and light spears through the blue-green leaves of the sagebrush that spreads out in all directions. A herd of mule deer orbits our camp. Each evening, they meander westwards along the...
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