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: Protect Thacker Pass Occupation
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...
Why I Protect Thacker Pass
On Friday, January 15, the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) determined that Lithium Americas Corp.’s proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada would comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and issued the necessary Record of Decision. This...
The Beauty of Thacker Pass
Flowering sage covers the desert. A whole universe exists in these shrubs. Sparrows, meadowlarks, and spotted towhees nest. At dawn, their soft chitter grows loud. Like so many creatures who live in the Great Basin, they need large areas of intact habitat to survive....
Photos from Thacker Pass
