Protect Thacker Pass
We are an independent, grassroots collective of people resisting the Thacker Pass lithium mine. We work in solidarity with regional indigenous people. Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. We invite all people with good hearts to help us stop the greenwashing!
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Video update: We can’t save the world from the couch, Jan 30, 2021
DAY 16 UPDATE —— Protect Thacker Pass Lithium is the new “white oil” and lust for profit is triggering a rush to stake mining claims around the world. Today we joined a panel with a group of people fighting lithium extraction in Argentina and Chile. Lithium extraction...
Rare Metals War
This video is an interview with Guillaume Pitron, the author of a recent book, Rare Metals War. His book is about the cost to people and the environment of mining for metals and minerals for "clean energy" technologies, like solar and wind and batteries, and...
Species of the week: Crosby’s Buckwheat
Crosby's Buckwheat Eriogonum crosbyae is native to southcentral Oregon and northwestern Nevada. Crosby’s Buckwheat is named after botanist Virginia Crosby. The species is slow to spread, and grows only in tuff, soil composed of volcanic ash at elevations of 5250-5460...
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