We are pleased to announce that Amnesty International has released a new report standing with Indigenous people across Nevada. The report highlights the destructive nature of lithium mining and the lack of free prior and informed consent from Indigenous communities.
Click the image below to read the full report.
Thank you to Babiha Bakshi for putting together this info-graphic highlighting many of our concerns about lithium mining in the McDermitt Caldera.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently published it’s environmental assessment for proposed lithium exploration within the McDermitt Caldera by an Australian company known as Jindalee Resources and its subsidiary, HiTech Minerals. The BLM’s notification only gives the public until Monday March 31, 2025 to read and respond to the 103 page document. As a result, we need our supporters to submit public comments to the Bureau of Land Management ASAP. Let the BLM know why you oppose lithium exploration and mining in the McDermitt Caldera. Whether your concerns are for humans, wildlife, water, air, land, traffic, culture, etc. click the link below and make your voice heard.
Update: The comment period has been extended until 4:30pm Pacific Time on Friday April 25th.
The Kings River pyrg is in the news to start the New Year! People of Red Mountain, along with Western Watersheds Project, have given the government and Lithium Americas notice of intent to sue based on their failure to properly monitor groundwater impacts due to the Thacker Pass lithium mine. Read more here.
Republican, Democrat, all want in on lithium mining. Deb Haaland, Biden’s Secretary of the Interior and member of Laguna Pueblo, won’t even lend an ear to the concerns of Paiute, Shoshone, and Bannock people. Yet, People of Red Mountain stand, against the mine, against the corporation, against the state.
Environmental advocate Karly Rose Foster reminds us that the desert is not lacking.
In this piece from Running on Sagebrush Time Carrie Bigley and Raquel Dominguez make an argument for mimicking nature through creating an economy which results in minimal waste.
Matt Niswonger explains his vision of spreading awareness about PeeHee Mu’huh and compares the lithium extractive industry to the more widely understood concept of blood diamonds.
In this segment from Running on Sagebrush Time, member of People of Red Mountain, Gary McKinney shares some words on the long standing fight against the exploitation of indigenous communities by extractive industries.
If you’ve never had grandma’s chokecherry pudding, then you better get to the annual commemoration at Peehee Mu’huh next fall! Mmmm!
