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Protect Thacker Pass

The Cost of a Battery
In Nevada’s Thacker Pass, will ancient stone become lithium become batteries become money? Will 16 million years of sacred silence be shattered?
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This Poet and Tribal Attorney is Being Sued by a Mining Company
“Protecting Peehee Mu’huh is an act of love and gratitude.”
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Meet the Native American Mother Being Sued by a Multinational Corporation
“I'm just a Native mom who disagrees with open pit mining on my ancestral homeland.”
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This Native Elder is Being Sued by a Mining Company
“We used the lawsuit papers in our sweat fire”
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The Long Shadow of the Tar Sands
Lithium refining and next-generation lithium-sulfur batteries rely on a byproduct of the oil industry as a key chemical input
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Protect Our Water Protectors 💧
An invitation to a free live streaming event to benefit Thacker Pass land defenders and water protectors on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 5pm Pacific.
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Thacker Pass Protectors File First-Ever “Biodiversity Necessity Defense” in Nevada Court
Attorney: “They’re not criminals; they’re heroes.”
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Judge Tosses One Claim Against Thacker Pass Protectors
Rejects "Unjust Enrichment" Claim, But Five Other Claims Proceed in Ongoing Lawsuit Over Spring 2023 Protests
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The Scientific, Dispassionate Racism of Lithium Americas Corporation
When worldviews collide, planet and people pay the price for ethnocentric arrogance
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Reno-Sparks Indian Colony to Host Press Conference on Thacker Pass Mine Controversy
For Immediate Release
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A Case Study in the Failure of Green Growth
Presentation to the Canadian Association of the Club of Rome on the campaign to fight the Thacker Pass lithium mine, and more broadly, the greenwashing…
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Water Protectors Sued by Mining Company Ask Court to Dismiss Case
The protectors, including descendants of survivors of the 1865 Thacker Pass massacre, were sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation for defending a sacred…
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