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!
JOIN US TO DEFEND THIS LAND!
Lithium Wars Part 3: Tiehm’s Buckwheat and the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium Mine
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 territory of the...
The Lithium Wars: Part 2 at Rhyolite Ridge
This video comes from the top of a ridge directly to the east of the proposed Rhyolite Ridge open-pit lithium mine in Southern Nevada. After arriving by moonlight the night before, I scrambled up this rocky ridge in the dawn light to get an overview of the landscape....
Lithium Wars: Part 1
I spent the day packing and preparing everything I need to go out to Nevada tomorrow. We're heading to Thacker Pass and Rhyolite Ridge, the proposed sites for two major, massive lithium mines that are being proposed in order to supply the electric car industry...
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