Reflection | Protect Thacker Pass

Not In My Back Yard

by Will Falk | Nov 1, 2022 | Reflection

Protect Thacker Pass is sometimes criticized as a Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) campaign. This video discusses this criticism. First, Thacker Pass isn’t just greater sage grouses’, golden eagles’, pronghorn antelopes’, and lahontan cutthroat...

Emissions from a “green” mine

by Protect Thacker Pass | Oct 18, 2022 | Reflection

Recently, we got a comment about the Thacker Pass Mine Project: “I don’t believe that fossil fuels are required to extract these minerals or to process them and make the batteries from them.” This person clearly has not investigated the project at...

Climate Profiteers Are the New War Profiteers

by Max Wilbert | Oct 12, 2022 | Reflection

At Thacker Pass, “National Security” is Being Abused to Cover Up Atrocities I was a kid when the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan began, but I could see what was happening. Corporations were cashing in however possible: selling beans, bullets and band-aids, signing...

Do not be fooled by Lithium Nevada’s publicity tactics

by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 16, 2022 | Press, Reflection

by Shelley Harjo Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone Tribe member Published August 15, 2022 in The Nevada Current The Thacker Pass lithium mining project will be the biggest desecration and rape of a known Native American massacre site in our area. I believe the lack of...

Botany as Archaeology, to Stop a Lithium Mine

by Protect Thacker Pass | Aug 14, 2022 | Reflection

by Nikki Hill All photos by Nikki Hill. “Sagebrush sea” is an endearing term that describes the vast high desert steppe lands of western North America. Rolling hills enveloped in silver green shimmer and sparkle like waves in the mid-day sun. This sea that spans the...

Electric Vehicles will worsen plastic pollution in the world’s oceans

by Elisabeth Robson | Aug 5, 2022 | Reflection

Car tires and brakes are major sources of pollutants that are poisoning fish and littering the ocean with microplastics, and EVs will only make this problem worse. Car tires contain 6PPD-quinone, a toxic chemical used to help stop car tires from breaking down. This...