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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Press: The rise of electric vehicles is disrupting life in a small Western community
Photograph of deer at Thacker Pass by Spenser Heaps for Deseret News. See the article for more of Spenser's terrific photography. A proposed lithium mine in rural northern Nevada has created unlikely alliances as efforts to address climate change clash with the...
Press: Opinion: Protect land and life-Environmental activism as a path to becoming a better adult
Photograph of old-growth sagebrush at Thacker Pass at sunset by Sarah Gar By Sarah Gar | April 6, 2021 A recent Cornell University report links 40% of human deaths today to pollution, so why doesn’t this pandemic dominate the news cycle? Why don’t communities...
Lies Lithium Nevada has told
In advance of Lithium Nevada representatives visiting Orovada today, Protect Thacker Pass wants to share some information about lies and misleading statements the company has made in the past (as recently as yesterday, at their community meeting in McDermitt). Our...
Photos from Thacker Pass
