by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
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...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Apr 7, 2021 | Press
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...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 7, 2021 | Press
A mining giant wants to extract lithium from the Nevada desert to power electric cars. But a more sustainable future doesn’t come without costs. By Samir Ferdowsi for Vice News, March 5, 2021, 8:59am One of the largest known lithium deposits in the world has sat...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 4, 2021 | Press
Anti-mine protests and lawsuits pick up the pace at Nevada’s Thacker Pass, the site of the largest known lithium deposit in the United States. by AUSTIN PRICE, March 4, 2021 for Earth Island Journal In January, the day the BLM approved the mine, environmentalists Max...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 6, 2021 | Press
Since mid-January, two American activists have been camping on a windy plateau in Nevada, at Thacker Pass, to obstruct a lithium mine project. This metal plays an essential role in the ” green ” economy , but its extraction would doom an entire ecosystem....
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