If We Cannot Hold the Pass

If We Cannot Hold the Pass

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...
Lithium: Mining Mountains of Water

Lithium: Mining Mountains of Water

Photograph of Thacker Pond by Max Wilbert Lithium: Mining Mountains of Water by Rebecca Wildbear Nearly a third of the world lacks safe drinking water, though I have rarely been without. In a red rock canyon in Utah, backpacking on a week-long wilderness training in...