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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Species of the Week: Pygmy Rabbit
by artist Travis London The small Pygmy rabbit is Thacker pass and Thacker Pass is Pygmy rabbits. This small rabbit is a target of many predators at Thacker Pass. The rabbits find their refuge in the form of the sagebrush plant or in the burrows that it makes in deep,...
Landscape, Interrupted
I took the anticipated size of the Thacker Pass mine (including the mine itself as well as the disturbed areas from waste piles), and mapped it on top of a contour map of where I live to give me a better sense of the size of the area which will be destroyed by the...
Video Update from Max: Will Electric Cars Save The Planet?
What would happen if Lithium Americas (and every other mining company, and every other extractive industry) sincerely asked the land and the beings who reside there, "Can we blow up your home? Can we turn it into dust? Can we bathe the soil in sulfuric acid? Can we...
Photos from Thacker Pass
