by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 2, 2021 | Reflection
How would you know by Paul Feather I am watching the light fade as the last day of March is swallowed behind the hills of Thacker Pass. Sheltered in my car and bundled against rapidly dropping temperatures, I wait for the stars that I traveled two thousand miles to...
by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 1, 2021 | Reflection
Changing the energy model means doubling the production of rare metals about every 15 years, mostly to satisfy demand for non-ferrous magnets and lithium-ion batteries. “At this rate, over the next 30 years we… will need to mine more mineral ores than humans have...
by Elisabeth Robson | 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 Elisabeth Robson | 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...
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