by Max Wilbert | Nov 15, 2021 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
It’s been 10 months since I first arrived at Thacker Pass and began work to protect the land from a proposed open-pit lithium mine in earnest. Today I share this video reporting from the land and sharing reflections on where the movement to protect this place is...
by Will Falk | Nov 10, 2021 | Reflection
“An Astonishing Amount of Lead” (when legal writing makes me weep) by Will Falk In the early morning hours of September 12, 1865, 18 white soldiers of Company E, 1st Nevada Cavalry, under the command of Captain Robert C. Payne and Lieutenant Littlefield,...
by Elisabeth Robson | Nov 5, 2021 | Reflection
Cars require roads. After all, what use is a car without a road to drive it on? Whether a car uses fossil fuels or is electric, all cars require roads. Roads are terrible for the environment. Aside from fragmenting habitat and creating an influx of pollutants into...
by Elisabeth Robson | Oct 18, 2021 | Interview, Reflection
Here are some excerpts from a recent interview with Max Wilbert, featuring photos by Max. Thank you Max for speaking so eloquently on behalf of the land and the wild beings at Thacker Pass....
by Will Falk | Sep 25, 2021 | Reflection
What we mean when we say “massacre” (Reflecting on the September 12, 1865 Thacker Pass Massacre) Words can, of course, be dangerous. That’s why we keep some words tightly wrapped and shoved into the darkest, coldest corners of our minds. We stuff the realest meanings...
by Max Wilbert | Sep 10, 2021 | Reflection
On Tuesday, Lithium Americas CEO Alexi Zawadzki published an opinion column in this newspaper stating that “For Lithium Americas and its subsidiary Lithium Nevada, developing the Thacker Pass lithium mine isn’t worth doing if we don’t do it right. This means...
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