by Will Falk | Apr 27, 2021 | Reflection
On a late April morning in Thacker Pass, where some Paiute ancestors have been buried and some massacred, where some people want to dig out the dead to dig out lithium, I woke to a strange, wet snow that fell overnight a day before temperatures in the 70s were...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 25, 2021 | Art, Reflection
It is helpful sometimes to do a little math to understand the scale of what’s required to sustain car culture. A Tesla 70kWh car battery requires about 63kg / 138 pounds of lithium carbonate (Li2CO3). Tesla would like to produce 20 million cars per year by 2030....
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 24, 2021 | Art, Reflection
Got a good question on the blog today that I think is worth highlighting here. Mike asks: Who makes the decision of whether a natural landscape gets destroyed so a mine…lithium or otherwise…can be built? Is it the Nevada state legislature? Congress? Dept. or...
by Will Falk | Apr 23, 2021 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
The Nevada Department of Environmental Protection hosted an informational meeting about the public participation process coming up for two state air and water permits that Lithium Nevada still needs for their proposed Thacker Pass open pit mine. An NDEP employee told...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 20, 2021 | Reflection
Thoughts on Thacker Pass by Kai Huschke It was late February. Snow blanketed the surrounding area. The sun was out, and the clouds looked small and distant. I had left the Protect Thacker Pass resistance camp to explore, to listen, to try and gain a better sense of...
by Protect Thacker Pass | 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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