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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Taproot
By Will Falk, Jan 29, 2021 Now that Max Wilbert and I have stayed at Thacker Pass beyond BLM's 14-day camping limit, a background dread has settled over me. While it's unlikely that BLM officers will arrest us right away, if they really want to stop an occupation...
Biden’s Climate Day Confronts A Tricky Question: What Should We Do About Mining?
By Alexander C. Kaufman, HuffPost January 28, 2021 On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that paused new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, directed the government’s international financing entities to phase out funding for fossil...
Conservationists, energy producers clash over Nevada ‘clean energy’ lithium mine
By Amy Alonzo, Reno Gazette Journal January 28, 2021 With the nation’s only operational lithium mine and a second, large-scale production set for spring construction, Nevada is at the forefront of the push toward green energy production. However, the project has...
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