by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 14, 2021 | Press
Photo: Simona, Cain, and Mason are members of the Burns, Oregon Paiute Tribe – photo: Brian Bahouth for the Sierra Nevada Ally Four audio interviews from Thacker Pass last weekend, via Sierra Nevada Ally. Inelda Sam, Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe Dean...
by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 11, 2021 | Press
Audio: an interview with tribal member Daranda Hinckey By Brian Bahouth -April 8, 2021 Daranda Hinckey is a Fort McDermitt tribal member who said she spent time researching the mine and the demand for lithium and decided to take direct action. “From an environmental...
by Elisabeth Robson | 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 Elisabeth Robson | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
Photograph: (left to right) Myron Smart, Will Falk, and Ian Bigley By Ian Bigley for Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada In late March of 2021, PLAN staff and supporters visited Thacker Pass where a land occupation protest is ongoing in opposition to a massive...
by Elisabeth Robson | 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 Elisabeth Robson | Mar 31, 2021 | Press
“So many of us in the environmental movement understand taking a mountain top off for coal is bad. Well, taking a mountain apart for lithium is bad, as well.” — Will Falk KTVN interviewed campers at Thacker Pass Blockade. Here is the story that...
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