by Max Wilbert | Jun 17, 2021 | Resistance Updates
June 17, MongaBay Global emissions of carbon dioxide reached 36.8 billion metric tons in 2019, and were on track for the highest levels ever in 2020. But then the coronavirus hit, and the resulting economic slowdown caused carbon emissions to fall by 7 percent. Now...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jun 9, 2021 | Reflection
One of the questions we frequently get at PTP about lithium and EVs is: Will recycling help? That is, can we recycle the various components of batteries and develop a “circular economy” so that we don’t ever need mines like Thacker Pass to mine new...
by Will Falk | May 20, 2021 | Reflection
Most people when they first arrive at Thacker Pass declare that she is very beautiful. She is very beautiful, yes, but she is also very sick – so sick, in fact, that her sickness is becoming terminal. It is not difficult to see. Take a walk along on any of the dirt...
by Rebecca Wildbear | May 16, 2021 | Reflection
By Rebecca Wildbear Two Bureau of Land Management officers came to visit. It was snowing and the wind was blowing hard. “Are you guys having fun yet?” one asked. “The weather’s always like this when we come,” the other said. Two cops showed up a week later. It was...
by Rebecca Wildbear | May 15, 2021 | Reflection
By Rebecca Wildbear Red-tailed hawks nested in a nearby canyon. Every once in a while, one circled above. A middle-aged man and I sat in the sagebrush. We had both been at camp for more than a week. I looked toward the snow-capped peaks that surrounded us, as he...
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