Update from Thacker Pass

Update from Thacker Pass

It’s been 10 months since I first arrived at Thacker Pass and began work to protect the land from a proposed open-pit lithium mine in earnest. Today I share this video reporting from the land and sharing reflections on where the movement to protect this place is...
Legal Update

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...
An Astonishing Amount of Lead

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,...
Update from the front lines

Update from the front lines

For now, the pending archeological dig (desecration) has been postponed as the tribal governments opposed to the mine have managed to force the BLM to delay. Will Falk and the other lawyers working on the case are deep in the thick of things. They are writing dozens...
The Dark Side of Green Energy

The Dark Side of Green Energy

Thacker Pass land protector Alex C. Eisenberg created these pieces after she returned from the Protect Thacker Pass camp, and they are published along with several others in Pangyrus Magazine. Thank you Alex, and thank you Pangyrus for publishing these wonderful...