by Max Wilbert | Jan 18, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Last Friday, a group of activists including myself launched an occupation of a proposed mine in northern Nevada. Lithium Americas corporation plans to rip open 5,000 acres of this land to extract lithium for consumer products. This is sacred land and we aim to defend...
by Will Falk | Jan 18, 2021 | Art, Reflection
On Friday, January 15, the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) determined that Lithium Americas Corp.’s proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada would comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and issued the necessary Record of Decision. This...
by Rebecca Wildbear | Jan 18, 2021 | Art, Reflection
Flowering sage covers the desert. A whole universe exists in these shrubs. Sparrows, meadowlarks, and spotted towhees nest. At dawn, their soft chitter grows loud. Like so many creatures who live in the Great Basin, they need large areas of intact habitat to survive....
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 15, 2021 | Press Releases
For Immediate Release, January 15, 2021 Contact: Kelly Fuller, Western Watersheds Project Trump Administration Says Yes to Wildlife Extinction by Approving Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Reno, Nev.― Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved the Thacker Pass...
by Max Wilbert | Dec 20, 2020 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
Reporting from #ThackerPass #Nevada – site of a massive proposed lithium mine. Nevada government and federal agencies have fast-tracked the sacrifice of this mountainside in favor of a $1.3 billion dollar mine that could produce tens of billions in profits....
by Max Wilbert | Dec 7, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
Reporting from #ThackerPass #Nevada – site of a massive proposed lithium mine. Nevada government and federal agencies have fast-tracked the sacrifice of this mountainside in favor of a $1.3 billion dollar mine that could produce tens of billions in profits....
by Max Wilbert | Oct 15, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
What killed 14,000 critically endangered buckwheat plants at the site of a proposed lithium mine to supply critical minerals for the so-called “green” electric vehicle industry? This video reports from Rhyolite Ridge in western Nevada, traditional...
by Max Wilbert | Oct 14, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
This video comes from the top of a ridge directly to the east of the proposed Rhyolite Ridge open-pit lithium mine in Southern Nevada. After arriving by moonlight the night before, I scrambled up this rocky ridge in the dawn light to get an overview of the landscape....
by Max Wilbert | Oct 3, 2020 | Reflection
I spent the day packing and preparing everything I need to go out to Nevada tomorrow. We’re heading to Thacker Pass and Rhyolite Ridge, the proposed sites for two major, massive lithium mines that are being proposed in order to supply the electric car industry...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 21, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
Transcript All right. May 21st. Thacker Pass. We’re experiencing a pretty intense winter-like storm here for two days now. It’s been snowing pretty good. Wind’s been whipping. Temperatures pretty low – not entirely below freezing, but with the...
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