by Protect Thacker Pass | 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 Protect Thacker Pass | 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...
by Max Wilbert | Sep 3, 2021 | Project updates, Reflection
Earlier today, Judge Miranda Du rejected requests from the Reno-Sparks Indian Tribe, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu/People of Red Mountain to put an emergency halt on planned archeological digging for the Thacker Pass lithium mine. As I watch Lithium...
by Will Falk | Sep 2, 2021 | Reflection
Lithium Nevada and supporters of the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine project love to claim that the mine will bring jobs to the area. This may be true. But, even if it is true, the mine will also bring more air, water, and soil pollution. The mine will also lead to...
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