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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> approved despite possible harm to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildflower</span></a></p><p>Advocates vow to sue, saying plan, crucial to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s clean energy agenda, will drive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TiehmsBuckwheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiehmsBuckwheat</span></a> to extinction</p><p>Thu 24 Oct 2024 16.36 EDT</p><p>"Environmentalists said Thursday that the mine’s final approval was a politically motivated violation of multiple US laws. The Center for Biological Diversity said in a statement: 'Litigation is now the only way [to] stop the Rhyolite Ridge Mine.'</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Opponents of the project say it’s the latest example of Biden’s administration running roughshod over US protections for native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, rare species and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredTribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredTribalLands</span></a> in the name of slowing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> by reducing reliance on fossil fuels and bolstering national security by easing reliance on foreign sources of critical minerals.</p><p>"'We’ve been fighting to save Tiehm’s buckwheat for six years and we’re not giving up now,' Donnelly said.</p><p>"Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the US. Another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354km) north of Reno. That <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> mine at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a>, which was approved in the final days of Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s administration, survived numerous legal challenges from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmentalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> tribes who said it would destroy lands they considered sacred where their ancestors were massacred by US troops in 1865."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/nevada-lithium-mine-endangered-wildflower-tiehms-buckwheat" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/24/nevada-lithium-mine-endangered-wildflower-tiehms-buckwheat</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveRhyoliteRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveRhyoliteRidge</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveThackerPass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IoneerLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IoneerLtd</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BiodiversityNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityNecessityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TiehmsBuckwheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TiehmsBuckwheat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Photos] Protect Ha'Kamwe' Stop Big Sandy <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> Protest Walk<br>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a>!" <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> say as they march today to protect their sacred ceremonial place Ha'Kamwe' from a lithium mine.</p><p>Photos via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiCulturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HualapaiCulturalResources</span></a></p><p>Published on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, October 20, 2024</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/protect-hakamwe-stop-big-sandy-lithium.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10</span><span class="invisible">/protect-hakamwe-stop-big-sandy-lithium.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopBigSandyLithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopBigSandyLithiumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestWalk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyLithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyLithiumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendMotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>In the Dirty Business of Faking Green, a Third <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> Tribe Sues <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> for Desecration</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>August 13, 2024</p><p>"In the dirty business of faking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a>, Interior Department head Deb Haaland is being sued by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> Tribe for approval of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> targeting their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSpring</span></a>. It is the same lithium mine where an Australian company has hired the head of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> enterprise to lead the drilling for lithium and violating the sacred.</p><p>"Deb Haaland, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LagunaPueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LagunaPueblo</span></a>, is now being sued by three tribes in Arizona for ongoing destruction of religious and historic places, sacred places where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TohonoOodham</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></a> , and Hualapai have offered their prayers since time immemorial.</p><p>"In the lawsuit, Hualapai tell of the drilling for lithium, and the way the Interior's Bureau of Land Management concealed the plans for the lithium mine."</p><p>[...]</p><p>"The Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations filed for a restraining order on Haaland, which was denied by a Tucson federal judge, but the tribes continue the legal battle. Haaland, present at the groundbreaking of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatternEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatternEnergy</span></a>'s wind project, is promoting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunZia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunZia</span></a> transmission line to take wind energy from New Mexico to California, now cutting a path of destruction across pristine regions of the Southwest. Pattern Energy in San Francisco is owned by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadaPensionFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaPensionFund</span></a>. </p><p>"The mainstream media is also concealing the fact that the CEO of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> enterprise which claims to be transitioning to green energy is heading the project to desecrate Hualapai's sacred ceremonial place. The so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a> also owns <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMines</span></a> in Wyoming and Montana.</p><p>"The Navajo Transitional Energy Company stated in March that it had signed the mining agreement and its CEO <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vern</span></a> Lund would lead the mining operation for the Australian company."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-dirty-business-of-faking-green-third.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/in-dirty-business-of-faking-green-third.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChollaCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChollaCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourCorners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawthornResourcesLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HawthornResourcesLtd</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawthornResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HawthornResources</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GinaRinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GinaRinehart</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> at it again -- this time in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Serbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serbia</span></a>!</p><p>Thousands of Serbians protest in Belgrade against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a></p><p>Controversial mining project is a political fault line in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Balkan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Balkan</span></a> country over fears about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> impacts</p><p>Agence France-Presse in Belgrade<br>Sat 10 Aug 2024 18.14 EDT</p><p>"Thousands hit the streets in Serbia’s capital Belgrade Saturday to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital source to power Europe’s green energy transition.</p><p>"Before the rally, two leading protest figures said they were briefly detained by security officials who warned that any moves to block roads during the protest would be viewed as illegal.</p><p>"Thousands chanted 'Rio Tinto get out of Serbia' and 'You won’t dig' as they rallied in downtown Belgrade before setting off on a march through the city.</p><p>"Protesters later entered Belgrade’s main railway station where demonstrators blocked tracks, halting traffic.</p><p>"Serbia has vast lithium deposits near the western city of Loznica, where a mining project being developed by the Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto has been a perennial political fault line in the Balkan country in recent years over its potential environmental impacts.</p><p>"The deposits were discovered in 2004, but weeks of mass protests forced the government to halt the project in 2022."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/10/thousands-of-serbians-protest-in-belgrade-against-lithium-mine" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/aug/10/thousands-of-serbians-protest-in-belgrade-against-lithium-mine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Gift article] [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>] State Lawmakers consider new mining rules that could open door to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> </p><p>"Some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> groups say the rules that would allow for open pit mineral mining provide ample safeguards, but others demand more preliminary testing, smaller pit size limits, stronger reclamation standards and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkSkies</span></a> protections.</p><p>"But Eliza Townsend, the [the Appalachian Mountain Club's] conservation policy director, argued that an open pit mine is never going to be anything more than a glorified 'hole in the ground.' Allowing a pit to grow in size would tarnish the unspoiled natural beauty that draws hikers to Maine, especially when the pit is dug into a mountaintop.</p><p>"Environmental critics asked lawmakers to require an open-pit mining applicant to use so-called dark sky lighting to minimize the impact on wildlife, neighbors and hikers camping near the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newry</span></a> lithium site, including those that use the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GraftonNotch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraftonNotch</span></a> loop trail.</p><p>"Some Republicans wanted the committee to approve the rules Monday, arguing the state Legislature had already voted for a mineral mining exemption last year when it voted to amend the mining law and order the drafting of new rules.</p><p>"Democrats, however, appeared stung by criticism from environmental advocates who said the committee was considering rules that would open the door to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> at the same time the legislative calendar had said it would be working on another bill to strengthen the state’s mining law."</p><p><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2024/03/25/state-lawmakers-consider-new-mining-rules/?uuid=e0edb129-e2d0-4a2f-9bd4-49a88f9f4223&amp;lid=10465" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2024/03/25/sta</span><span class="invisible">te-lawmakers-consider-new-mining-rules/?uuid=e0edb129-e2d0-4a2f-9bd4-49a88f9f4223&amp;lid=10465</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlumbagoMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlumbagoMountain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewryMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewryMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AndroscogginRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroscogginRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watershed</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Humans think they are so superior -- that it's okay to cause <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> of species for their own comfort. And profit. Let's not forget the PROFIT!</p><p>US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a></p><p>Story by By SCOTT SONNER<br>2/8/2024</p><p>RENO, Nev. (AP) — "Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a full, year-long review to determine whether a tiny <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/snail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snail</span></a> found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> line should be listed as a threatened or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> species.</p><p>"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a finding published Thursday in the Federal Register that enough scientific exists to warrant the review sought by environmentalists who say that groundwater pumping required for the operation of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a> mine could push the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingsRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingsRiver</span></a> pyrg to the brink of extinction.</p><p>"However, the agency said in the new finding it 'does not anticipate the species is immediately at risk.'</p><p>"The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@WesternWatershedsProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>WesternWatershedsProject</span></a></span> argued in its formal petition for the listing in September 2022 that the tiny snail no bigger than the tip of a ball-point pen was imperiled even before any new mining was contemplated due to livestock grazing, round-building and the anticipated impacts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/lithium-mine-endangered-snail-nevada-15c0008372a93a984c64ddbd741232c4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/lithium-min</span><span class="invisible">e-endangered-snail-nevada-15c0008372a93a984c64ddbd741232c4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaanisqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koyaanisqatsi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOutOfBalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOutOfBalance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveThackerPass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionRebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LastStand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LastStand</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MiningCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiningCompany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SinomineResourceGroupCoLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SinomineResourceGroupCoLtd</span></a> is considering building a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LithiumRefinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumRefinery</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> &amp; looking to team up with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LGEnergySolutionLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGEnergySolutionLtd</span></a> - attempting to&nbsp;assuage <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> concerns from federal government.<br>Last year, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> based Sinomine put <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Tanco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tanco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> into production in MB. It ships unrefined <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> concentrate from site to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> for use in their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EVindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EVindustry</span></a> . China dominates processing of lithium - 60% of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GlobalMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalMarket</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-chinese-mining-company-sinomine-planning-manitoba-lithium-refinery/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/business/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle-chinese-mining-company-sinomine-planning-manitoba-lithium-refinery/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>About Protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a></p><p>Why are we protesting?</p><p>Because we envision</p><p>- A world in which we prioritize the health of future generations. <br>- A world in which we live in harmony with the natural world, rather than relying on extraction. <br>- A world in which blowing up a mountain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> is just as unacceptable as blowing up a mountain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> is the driest state in the USA, yet the mine plans to use 2,600 acre-feet (850 million gallons of water) per year in phase one, and 5,200 acre-feet (1.7 billion gallons or water) per year in phase 2.</p><p>What do we want?</p><p>- We want people to understand that lithium <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> is as dirty as coal mining.<br>- We want to stop Lithium Americas from physically disturbing Thacker Pass.<br>- We want the world to know what is happening here.<br>- We want the current administration to rescind the Thacker Pass <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> Project permit.<br>- We want the September 12, 1865 Thacker Pass Massacre Site and the Thacker Pass Traditional Cultural District designated protected under the National Register of Historic Places (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRHP</span></a>).<br>- We want the current administration to withdraw Thacker Pass from federal mine leasing.<br>- We want the current administration to reduce our nation’s dependence on cars as part of an emergency shift to a “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degrowth</span></a>” economic paradigm. A detailed description of our solutions is available at our website...</p><p>To donate, get involved, or find out more:<br><a href="https://www.protectthackerpass.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">protectthackerpass.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>