by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 23, 2021 | Press
By Daniel Rothberg for The Nevada Independent July 22, 2021 In front of a federal courthouse in downtown Reno on Wednesday morning, more than 50 people from Indigenous groups across the state gathered in a peaceful protest against the proposed Thacker Pass lithium...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 22, 2021 | Press
by Evan Halper for the LA Times July 21, 2021 A mining permit pushed through in the last week of the Trump administration allows the Canadian company Lithium Americas Corp. to produce enough lithium carbonate annually to supply nearly a million electric car batteries....
by Elisabeth Robson | May 15, 2021 | Press
by John M. Glionna May 14, 2021 The sky was blue and I was driving a rural stretch of tarmac called Kings River Road, searching for the site of perhaps the nation’s next big environmental showdown. A mammoth open-pit mine is slated to be carved out of an arid sweep of...
by Elisabeth Robson | May 15, 2021 | Press
By Claire Carlson for Native News Online May 13, 2021 Situated between the high peaks and low valley floors of northern Nevada is Thacker Pass, an expanse of land that is bordered from the north and south by the Montana and Double H mountain ranges. The pass is in...
by Elisabeth Robson | Apr 16, 2021 | Reflection
If We Cannot Hold the Pass By Paul Feather, published originally at Counterpunch, April 16, 2021 It is time to stop asking ourselves, “What can I do?” and start asking, “What needs to be done?” —Will Falk The wind is tearing through Thacker Pass. I am warm enough in...
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