by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 28, 2021 | Press, Reflection
By Kamea Chayne, March 25, 2021 Are we okay with living ecosystems and mountaintops being blown up—so long as it’s done for extracting lithium instead of coal? As the largest known lithium reserve in the United States, Thacker Pass, a part of the ancestral lands...
by Will Falk | Mar 27, 2021 | Reflection
Thacker Pass remembers the world we used to live in. She murmurs these memories in the long strides and white haunches of mule deer fleeing the scents of humans over the sage. She sends her reminiscences in sudden March snow squalls on otherwise sunny days. She...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 16, 2021 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
In this episode, Max gives a brief update on the Protect Thacker Pass action, and Elisabeth Robson interviews Jamie Kneen, Communications & Outreach Coordinator for Mining Watch Canada, an organization that works to protect the public and the environment from...
by Max Wilbert | Mar 13, 2021 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
The battle for Thacker Pass continues. Today a prayer run and walk began from the Yomba Shoshone Reservation. Over the next week, runners and walkers will cover 273 miles before arriving at the site of the proposed open-pit lithium mine and chemical gas processing...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 13, 2021 | Art, Reflection
Photo: Pictured here is the Foote mine, a large open-pit lithium mine in spodumene pegmatite, located on the south side of the town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The Foote mine project was initiated in 1938. This photograph was taken in 1983. 45 years later. The...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 6, 2021 | Art, Reflection
Upon the Proposed Mining of “Thacker Pass, Nevada” A poem by Sarah Gardam, a visitor to the land of the Paiute, the Shoshone, and the sagebrush creatures. It’s quiet here. And I’m not talking about experimental silence, American guru silence, or any sleek human site...
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