by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 11, 2021 | Press
Audio: an interview with tribal member Daranda Hinckey By Brian Bahouth -April 8, 2021 Daranda Hinckey is a Fort McDermitt tribal member who said she spent time researching the mine and the demand for lithium and decided to take direct action. “From an environmental...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
Photograph of deer at Thacker Pass by Spenser Heaps for Deseret News. See the article for more of Spenser’s terrific photography. A proposed lithium mine in rural northern Nevada has created unlikely alliances as efforts to address climate change clash...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
Photograph of old-growth sagebrush at Thacker Pass at sunset by Sarah Gar By Sarah Gar | April 6, 2021 A recent Cornell University report links 40% of human deaths today to pollution, so why doesn’t this pandemic dominate the news cycle? Why don’t communities...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 31, 2021 | Press
“So many of us in the environmental movement understand taking a mountain top off for coal is bad. Well, taking a mountain apart for lithium is bad, as well.” — Will Falk KTVN interviewed campers at Thacker Pass Blockade. Here is the story that...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 28, 2021 | Press, Reflection
By Kamea Chayne, March 25, 2021 Are we okay with living ecosystems and mountaintops being blown up—so long as it’s done for extracting lithium instead of coal? As the largest known lithium reserve in the United States, Thacker Pass, a part of the ancestral lands...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 7, 2021 | Press
A mining giant wants to extract lithium from the Nevada desert to power electric cars. But a more sustainable future doesn’t come without costs. By Samir Ferdowsi for Vice News, March 5, 2021, 8:59am One of the largest known lithium deposits in the world has sat...
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