Protect Thacker Pass
We are an independent, grassroots collective of people resisting the Thacker Pass lithium mine. We work in solidarity with Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu, the People of Red Mountain. Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. We invite all people with good hearts to join us at our protection camp on the proposed mine site, and help us stop the greenwashing!
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Latest updates from the blog
Legal Update
Protect Thacker Pass has been receiving a lot of questions about whether Judge Miranda Du's decision to deny Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and the People of Red Mountain's Motion for Reconsideration of her order denying their Motion for Preliminary Injunction means that...
An Astonishing Amount of Lead
"An Astonishing Amount of Lead" (when legal writing makes me weep) by Will Falk In the early morning hours of September 12, 1865, 18 white soldiers of Company E, 1st Nevada Cavalry, under the command of Captain Robert C. Payne and Lieutenant Littlefield, surprised a...
Plans To Dig the Biggest Lithium Mine in the US Face Mounting Opposition
By Cayte Bosler, for Inside Climate News November 7, 2021 Deep below the tangled roots of the old-growth sagebrush of Thacker Pass, in an extinct super-volcano, lies one of the world’s largest deposits of lithium—a key element for the transition to clean energy. But...
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