by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 22, 2021 | Resistance Updates
The protest camp to stop an open-pit mine at Thacker Pass, Nevada has entered it’s second week! Camp is standing strong. We are putting a call out for additional support. Help us spread the word and sustain this resistance to greenwashed mining! Join our resistance to...
by Max Wilbert | Jan 19, 2021 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
The wind is powerful tonight in Thacker Pass! Nature is fierce — but the land cannot defend itself against brutal, lying, profit-driven corporations and greenwashers without our help, so we are braving the 40 mph winds and freezing temperatures to stand again this...
by Max Wilbert | Jan 18, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Last Friday, a group of activists including myself launched an occupation of a proposed mine in northern Nevada. Lithium Americas corporation plans to rip open 5,000 acres of this land to extract lithium for consumer products. This is sacred land and we aim to defend...
by Max Wilbert | Dec 20, 2020 | Project updates, Resistance Updates
Reporting from #ThackerPass #Nevada – site of a massive proposed lithium mine. Nevada government and federal agencies have fast-tracked the sacrifice of this mountainside in favor of a $1.3 billion dollar mine that could produce tens of billions in profits....
by Max Wilbert | Dec 7, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
Reporting from #ThackerPass #Nevada – site of a massive proposed lithium mine. Nevada government and federal agencies have fast-tracked the sacrifice of this mountainside in favor of a $1.3 billion dollar mine that could produce tens of billions in profits....
by Max Wilbert | Oct 15, 2020 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
What killed 14,000 critically endangered buckwheat plants at the site of a proposed lithium mine to supply critical minerals for the so-called “green” electric vehicle industry? This video reports from Rhyolite Ridge in western Nevada, traditional...
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