by Max Wilbert | Jul 3, 2025 | Project updates
Editor’s note from Protect Thacker Pass: This story, which broke last week, is the latest roadblock for Lithium Nevada Corporation. Mr. Bartell’s relentless resistance to the Thacker Pass mine must be commended. He was always kind to us at Thacker Pass,...
by Max Wilbert | May 27, 2024 | Project updates
Dean Barlese, elder and spiritual leader from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, prays at Thacker Pass (known as “Peehee Mu’huh” in the Paiute language) on April 25th, 2023 during a non-violent action halting construction of an open-pit lithium mine. Photo by the author....
by Max Wilbert | Sep 30, 2023 | HiTech Minerals, Project updates, Reflection
Mountaintop removal for lithium to go into electric vehicle batteries is ecocide, just like mountaintop removal for coal mining is. Earlier this week, I visited the site of yet another planned open pit lithium mine that is threatening the Great Basin — this time, in...
by Max Wilbert | Sep 17, 2023 | HiTech Minerals, Project updates
As readers are aware, I’ve been embroiled in fighting the Thacker Pass lithium mine for the last three years. What you may not know is that the entire region around Thacker Pass, which is known as the McDermitt Caldera, was formed by the Yellowstone Hot Spot 16...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 12, 2023 | Project updates
Native elders and supporters continue to defend the land and protect the water this morning at Thacker Pass / Peehee Mu’huh. You can find livestreams and videos from today’s action:Bethany Sam’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bethany.samLast...
by Protect Thacker Pass | May 11, 2023 | Project updates
Most of the livestreams from today’s action at Peehee Mu’huh / Thacker Pass are going out to Facebook. We will work to get these uploaded on YouTube when we can. You can access livestreams at the following pages on Facebook: Bethany Sam (Reno-Sparks Indian...
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