ENVIRONMENT

Showdown at Rotten Moon: Thacker Pass and the lessons learned

On February 6, 2023, the US District Court for the District of Nevada upheld the federal Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Record of Decision (ROD) to permit the Lithium America (aka Lithium Nevada Corp.) Thacker Pass project in northern Nevada. 

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 Aerial view of a dirt road leading up through The Thacker Pass Lithium mining area in the arid Nevada desert - Credit:gchapel

Aerial view of a dirt road leading up through The Thacker Pass Lithium mining area in the arid Nevada desert - Credit:gchapel

The decision advanced the US agenda for domestic production of clean energy minerals, while seeming to set back efforts by Native Americans to protect their cultural and religious sites.  Yet, the decision...

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