by Elisabeth Robson | Mar 9, 2022 | Reflection
Published March 8 in the Reno-Gazette Journal. Re: “Thacker Pass mine important for Nevada,” Feb. 22: In his opinion column, Glenn Miller claims that replacing fossil fuel cars with cars that use lithium-ion batteries will “provide a major contribution to...
by Max Wilbert | Mar 7, 2022 | Reflection
Today, I climbed a mountain above Thacker Pass, and found fresh mountain lion tracks. The snow was packed in icy slabs at 7,000 feet, and as I tracked the cat I saw where she had slipped, spread her paws wide, and extended her claws to grip the ice. Cats don’t...
by Max Wilbert | Mar 2, 2022 | Reflection
Over the past 14 months that Will Falk and I have been fighting the Thacker Pass lithium mine, one of the most common questions we’re asked by journalists has been “So if you oppose electric cars, what is your solution?” At first, the question seems...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 15, 2022 | Reflection
Published in the Reno-Gazette Journal, February 15, 2022 Lithium Americas Corporation employee Dr. Thomas Benson’s February 8th opinion piece in the Reno Gazette-Journal (“Mining lithium at Thacker Pass essential for combating climate change”) makes numerous false...
by Elisabeth Robson | Feb 13, 2022 | Reflection
The implications of replacing cars (and other vehicles) with electric vehicles (EVs) are many. As we’ve previously discussed, this includes perpetuating car culture and the devastating damage to the natural world caused by roads, and the massive increase in...
by Will Falk | Feb 7, 2022 | Reflection
When people say “we” need cars, “we” need mining, “we” need industries like the automobile manufacturing industry, I want to know who “we” are. The natural world does not need cars. The rivers, lakes, oceans, and...
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