DoomsdaysCW<p>Protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a><br>Stop <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a></p><p>Water Ceremony<br>Saturday, November 23 at 10AM</p><p>Gather at the Prayer Camp to pray for Ha'Kamwe. Lunch will be provided. Please bring your chairs, camp gear and anything else you might need. </p><p>"Good morning, my relatives near and far. Thank you for all your support, so we would like to take time out and invite you all to come join us. Camping is available."</p><p>Camp Ha’kamwe <br>18570 Cholla Canyon Ranch Road, Wikieup AZ</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WikieupArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WikieupArizona</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/protect-hakamwe-water-ceremony-on-nov.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/protect-hakamwe-water-ceremony-on-nov.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrayerCamp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colombia</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> Demand <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncestralKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncestralKnowledge</span></a> is at Forefront of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COP16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP16</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> Convention </p><p>Indigenous communities from different regions of Colombia march in the southwestern city of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cali</span></a> to demand that their ancestral knowledge on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> be taken into account at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNBiodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNBiodiversity</span></a> summit, COP16, which is being held in the city.</p><p>Article by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, Oct. 24, 2024</p><p>"The United States is the only United Nations member state that has not ratified the Convention on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a>. While 197 countries arrive in Cali, Colombia for the COP16 Biodiversity Convention, the U.S. is engaged in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>. </p><p>"In the U.S., the team of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> and Interior Sec. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> plans to desecrate the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a>'s sacred ceremonial water with a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a>; is promoting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> digging into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> Massacre Site at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a>; is allowing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> threatening Havasupai's aquifer and poisoning their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicinePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicinePlants</span></a> with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> dust; allowing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dumping</span></a> radioactive ore and global radioactive waste in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a>'s community; is bulldozing the ancient village sites, burial places and medicine plants of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TohonoOodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TohonoOodham</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></a> for a wind energy project; plans a massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMine</span></a> from San Carlos <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Apache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apache</span></a> sacred <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></a>; and plans to increase the radioactivity in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pueblo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pueblo</span></a> homelands with increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plutonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutonium</span></a> production and storage at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LosAlamos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAlamos</span></a> Labs in northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>."</p><p>Read more, view photos:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/colombias-indigenous-demand-ancestral.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10</span><span class="invisible">/colombias-indigenous-demand-ancestral.html</span></a></p><p>Watch video by AFP: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWUjFLE1AY4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=AWUjFLE1AY</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoOpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaMill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> approved despite possible harm to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, rare species and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredTribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> mine at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalists</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveRhyoliteRidge</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveThackerPass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IoneerLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IoneerLtd</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BiodiversityNecessityDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityNecessityDefense</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TiehmsBuckwheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TiehmsBuckwheat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> Protest Walk<br>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a>!" <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, October 20, 2024</p><p>Photos via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HualapaiCulturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HualapaiCulturalResources</span></a></p><p>"'Water is life!' Hualapai said as they marched to protect their sacred ceremonial place, Ha'Kamwe' from a lithium mine. </p><p>"'For generations and through modern day, Tribal members have used Ha’Kamwe’ (also known as Cofer Hot Spring) for cultural and traditional purposes. It features prominently in tribal songs and stories about their history and connection to their land, including those known as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaltSongTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaltSongTrail</span></a>,' the Hualapai Tribe said in its lawsuit filed against the U.S. Interior. </p><p>"Hualapai filed suit against Interior's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHalaand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHalaand</span></a>. The CEO of the so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a>, a tribal enterprise based in Farmington, New Mexico, was hired by an Australian company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawkstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawkstone</span></a>, aka <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a>, to drill into Hualapai's sacred site for lithium.</p><p>"While sipping wine at the Sydney Opera House, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investors</span></a> heard how much money they can make mining lithium in Arizona. The enthusiastic project manager was excited to tell them that Arizona loves mining, as can be seen with all its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMines</span></a>.</p><p>"'They are a mining friendly state,' says Paul Lloyd, managing director at Arizona Lithium, owned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawkstoneEnergy</span></a>, in Perth, Australia. 'They are very pro-lithium production.'</p><p>"Federal judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DianeHumetewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DianeHumetewa</span></a> Hopi, granted a temporary restraining order. Humetewa is the first federal judge in Arizona to halt <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Haaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haaland</span></a>'s runaway train of permits for destruction.</p><p>"Hualapai's lawsuit said the Interior's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BureauOfLandManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BureauOfLandManagement</span></a>, BLM, never consulted Hualapai before authorizing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drilling</span></a>."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/10/protect-hakamwe-stop-big-sandy-lithium.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBigSandyLithiumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestWalk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyLithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyLithiumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendMotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ha'Kamwe' Background information from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLand</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectHaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectHaKamwe</span></a>!</p><p>"Ha’Kamwe’ is a naturally occurring hot spring in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandyRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandyRiver</span></a> basin where the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mojave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mojave</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sonoran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sonoran</span></a> deserts meet in what is now known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>. Ha’Kamwe’ is a sacred healing place for the Hualapai Tribe. This important cultural and ecological site is threatened by a proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a>, as a subsidiary of the Australian company Hawkstone Mining Ltd. seeks permission to explore and drill on three sides of the spring, which would destroy cultural sites and block access to the oasis for desert <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>. Visiting the site with a reporter from the Phoenix New Times, Hualapai Tribe Director of Natural Resources, Richard Powskey, said, 'This spring is a place for healing and medicine and other things that they have here. Our people are buried all through here. There’s a grave just on the other side of this hill right here.'"</p><p>[...]</p><p>"At a Wikieup community information session in 2021 many of the 100 attendees were concerned that the proposed mine would drain too much water from this already drought-prone area. Caretaker Ivan Bender feels that the waterflow of the well that feeds Ha’Kamwe’ has already decreased due to the company’s drilling. There is a dispute between the company, the Tribe, and local ranchers regarding how shallow the water table is, with those who live in the area concerned that drilling could easily puncture the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquifer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquifer</span></a>.</p><p>"In the early 2000s a power plant was proposed in the area and though it was never built the Environmental Impact Statement for that project found 'the discharge from Cofer Hot Spring would be reduced, and possibly cease, as a result of groundwater withdrawal from the volcanic aquifer.'</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HulapaiTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HulapaiTribe</span></a> is concerned the proposed lithium exploration activity would deplete the spring as well.</p><p>"In April of 2021 the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hualapai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> Tribe passed a resolution against the mine. 'The Hualapai Tribal Council strongly objects to any further permitting of surface or subsurface disturbances within the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandyValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandyValley</span></a> Lithium mining claim area, which will result in devastating impacts to significant cultural and spiritual resources; will threaten long-term tribal water rights and quality; will cause irreparable harm to the Tribe’s ability to continue cultural activities and to pursue economic development of Cholla Canyon Ranch, and will result in long term ecological destruction of a fragile desert environment, including plant and animal species with cultural significance. Further, should an open pit mine ever be permitted, it would create enormous public health issues caused by pollution, dust, noise, and overall safety concerns caused by having such a mine immediately adjacent to Hualapai land, as well as severe visual impacts.'</p><p>"The Inter-Tribal Association of Arizona, an association of 21 tribal governments in Arizona, which provides a forum for tribal governments to advocate for national and regional tribal concerns and to join in united action to address issues, passed a similar resolution.</p><p>"The Hualapai Tribe is demanding that the BLM develop a full Environmental Impact Statement as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. This would require a thorough examination of issues protected by the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. The Tribe asserts that these concerns were not adequately addressed in the published Environmental Assessment: “The BLM’s position as indicated in the EA implies that academically-based western science approaches to research take precedence over traditional <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> knowledge. This position is unacceptable and is not in keeping with the requirement to make a good faith effort to identify cultural resources.'</p><p>"In January 2023, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthjustice</span></a> collected and submitted 31,671 letters demanding the BLM conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement. </p><p>What You Can Do</p><p>"Sign up to support The Campaign to Protect Ha’Kamwe’ and follow the issue."</p><p>Learn more:<br><a href="https://sacredland.org/hakamwe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sacredland.org/hakamwe/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HulapaiNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HulapaiNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawkstoneMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawkstoneMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WikieupArizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WikieupArizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> Tribe Sues <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> for Desecration</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hualapai</span></a> Tribe for approval of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> targeting their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSpring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TohonoOodham</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany</span></a> also owns <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaKamwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaKamwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChollaCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChollaCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourCorners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArizonaLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArizonaLithium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigSandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigSandy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawthornResourcesLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawthornResourcesLtd</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HawthornResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HawthornResources</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GinaRinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GinaRinehart</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Balkan</span></a> country over fears about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalActivism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> at Peehee Mu'huh Locked Gates for People of Prayer </p><p>On the Journey to the Supreme Court</p><p>By Apache Stronghold, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a><br>August 8, 2024</p><p>"Apache Stronghold visited Peehee Mu’huh (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a>), the second stop on the Prayer Journey to the Supreme Court [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>] to Stop the Shattering of Human Existence and Protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>. </p><p>"We visited with the People of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedMountain</span></a>, who are fighting a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> that is destroying their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a>. When we arrived at the entrance to Peehee Mu’huh, we found a chain link wall with a locked gate, blocking everyone except those authorized by the mine.</p><p>"Security trucks came to go through the gate, and one of the drivers admitted that they knew the Apache Stronghold would be there with the People of Red Mountain. </p><p>"One truck drove off toward the mine, while the other driver re-locked the gate and left, emphasizing that the mining company has access to Peehee Mu’huh, but the Indigenous people who were stewards of the land since time immemorial, and all others who would go there to pray, are locked out. </p><p>"Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. said, 'It’s a sad reminder that people don’t know the day could come, if <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></a> is ever transferred to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResolutionCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResolutionCopper</span></a>, that the acorns, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedicinePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicinePlants</span></a>, and water could be locked away behind a gate facing death at the hands of a corporation. </p><p>"'People need to come together to stop this desecration happening at Peehee Mu’huh and prevent it from happening everywhere else, before it’s too late.'</p><p>"Costanoan Rumsen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarmelTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarmelTribe</span></a> said, 'We are honored to welcome and pray along side the Apache Stronghold and Protect Oak Flat on their Prayer Journey. Please join us in prayer this Saturday from 7 am-12 noon.' Chief Ya'anna Learning Village and Tuatukar Eco-Cultural Center for Indigenous Regeneration, 4500 Via Marisol, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Los" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Los</span></a> AngelesCalifornia 90042.</p><p>"For those who can’t join us in person, please pray for us as we travel to the Supreme Court, and follow along on the journey here.</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08/apache-stronghold-at-peehee-muhuh.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/08</span><span class="invisible">/apache-stronghold-at-peehee-muhuh.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeHeeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeeHeeMuhuh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> CopperMine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BHP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Apache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apache</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDAA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigMountain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChichilBildagoteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChichilBildagoteel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOakFlat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protectthesacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protectthesacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredSite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>[Gift article] [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> </p><p>"Some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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&lid=10465" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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&lid=10465</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlumbagoMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumbagoMountain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewryMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewryMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AndroscogginRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroscogginRiver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Watershed</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> in western <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> clears key hurdle</p><p>New rules recommended by the Board of Environmental Protection [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineDEP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineDEP</span></a>] would allow the testing needed to build an open-pit mine over a large lithium-rich deposit at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlumbagoMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumbagoMountain</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newry</span></a>.</p><p>by Penelope Overton<br>February 29, 2024</p><p>"The provisional amendment – the result of a state law adopted last July intended to overhaul the mining law to allow for the extraction of non-reactive minerals like spodumene, the hard rock source of lithium – now heads back to the Legislature for final consideration.</p><p>"If adopted, these rules would allow Mary and Gary Freeman, retired rock hounds who split the time between Maine and Florida, to begin the rigorous testing needed to build an open-pit mi over a large lithium-rich mineral deposit they discovered while hunting for gemstones in New 2018.</p><p>"'This has been a big lift,' board Chair Susan Lessard, the town manager of Bucksport, said of regulation change. 'I think the department has done a very good job of trying to enact some rules to go along with what the Legislature adopted in the most protective way that they were able.”</p><p>"The Newry deposit is a potential piece in the global ramp-up of lithium production to make batteries for storing clean wind and solar energy and powering electric cars. Alternative lithiu batteries are being tested, but for now, lithium is still used in most electric vehicles and grid batteries.</p><p>"Despite government and industry interest in building up a domestic lithium market, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> currently has the country’s only operational lithium mine. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilverPeaMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilverPeaMine</span></a>, which began operating in the 1960s, pumps lithium-rich brine from underground into large evaporation pools.</p><p>"But the United States has at least a hundred domestic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiuMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiuMines</span></a> that are hoping to get the permits needed to compete with the likes of Australia, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a>, which cur dominate the world market, according to conservation biologist Patrick Donnelly of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a>.</p><p>"Unlike most U.S. deposits, however, the Freeman find is a hard rock deposit of lithium, similar those in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. They form when hot magma intrudes into the crust and then cools into met rich crystals. Hard-rock lithium is costlier to mine, quicker to market and yields a more valuable form of lithium than brining.</p><p>"In a 2020 paper detailing the discovery, the Freemans claimed the 10 million metric-ton <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlumagoMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumagoMountain</span></a> deposit had the highest average lithium content of any known spodumene deposit, including gigantic 36-foot-long crystals embedded deep inside the coarse brown and white rock face.</p><p>"Initially, the Freemans said they wanted to sell to the battery market, something that would lik require chemical processing on-site or nearby. Later, they said they wanted to sell raw spodum ore with the highest levels of lithium to scientific glass manufacturers, which could eliminate t need for processing.</p><p>"Neither the Freemans nor their attorney responded to emails and telephone requests for an interview.</p><p>"The provisional rule requires applicants seeking an open-pit mining exemption to prove the operation does not have the potential to violate state water quality standards or expose radioactive materials that would endanger human health or the environment.</p><p>"The applicant would have to conduct extensive testing and sampling to show the deposit would react when exposed to the air or water of an open-pit mine. Spodumene is non-reactive, but other metals like copper and silver will create a harmful acid discharge when exposed.</p><p>"For example, the Newry spodumene deposit is believed to contain some galena, the blue-black mineral that contains lead sulfide, which has the potential to leach lead and often occurs in combination with iron sulfide, the major culprit in causing acidic mine drainage.</p><p>"'We are uncertain if galena is present at levels that are dangerous, but the only way to know w be through detailed characterization of the deposit in the manner that these rule amendments propose,' said Nick Bennett, a staff scientist at Natural Resources Council of Maine.</p><p>“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRCM</span></a> supported the provisional rule in part because the Board of Environmental Protection decided to add back in requirements that an applicant would have to conduct real-world testing, kinetic testing, to ensure there is nothing reactive in the deposit before a mining exemption is granted.</p><p>"'We are supportive of the proposed rules that DEP drafted and BEP approved because we beli they would only allow open-pit mining of metallic minerals when that extraction presents a very low risk to water quality and the environment,' Bennett said.”</p><p><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2024/02/29/state-environmental-board-adopts-new-mineral-mining-rule" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2024/02/29/sta</span><span class="invisible">te-environmental-board-adopts-new-mineral-mining-rule</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMining</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPitMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPitMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewryMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewryMaine</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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a> mine could push the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingsRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-wildlife-service-considering-endangered-status-for-tiny-snail-near-nevada-lithium-mine/ar-BB1hZVl4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-wildl</span><span class="invisible">ife-service-considering-endangered-status-for-tiny-snail-near-nevada-lithium-mine/ar-BB1hZVl4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Koyaanisqatsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koyaanisqatsi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOutOfBalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOutOfBalance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveThackerPass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtinctionRebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtinctionRebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LastStand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LastStand</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> rancher cites ‘shroud of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/secrecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secrecy</span></a>’ at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> </p><p>By Scott Sonner, Associated Press<br>Published Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 </p><p>RENO — “A Nevada rancher suing to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. says the government’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> assessment of the project relies on a baseline set by a consultant for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> company with a conflict of interest that trivializes potential harm to water resources and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> near the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> line.</p><p>“Bartell Ranch LLC wants a U.S. judge to order the Bureau of Land Management to provide documents, contracts and internal communications with all third-party consultants the agency used to reach its conclusion that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumNevada</span></a> Corp.’s mine won’t affect threatened species or significant scientific, cultural or historic resources.</p><p>“The ranch filed a lawsuit in February challenging plans for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a> mine it says would rob the ranch of its precious water rights.</p><p>“The case has been consolidated with lawsuits subsequently filed in U.S. District Court in Reno by conservation groups and tribes alleging the mine would destroy critical <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SageGrouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SageGrouse</span></a> habitat and damage sacred tribal lands that were the site of a massacre in the 1860s.</p><p>“The bureau hired its own independent consultant, ICF International Inc., to prepare the scientific foundation for a 2,700-page environmental impact statement required under the National Environmental Policy Act.</p><p>“‘But it includes 1,300 pages of studies on groundwater pumping that established the models and baseline created by Tyler Cluff, a hydrogeologist in Reno for Canada-based Piteau Associates, according to the motion the ranch’s lawyers filed last week.</p><p>“They say Cluff currently is serving as an expert for Lithium Nevada in a separate water right protest proceeding in which he’s relying on much of the same data and work he did for the mine’s final environmental impact statement.</p><p>“’This unusual relationship between a third-party contractor for the NEPA analysis, Piteau, and LNC suggests that Piteau was not working for BLM on the FEIS in a neutral and independent capacity, but rather, was working directly for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNC</span></a>,' the motion states.</p><p>“Piteau didn’t respond to emails and phone messages seeking comment.</p><p>“The ranch’s lawyers say they’re seeking an order to obtain the documents because the bureau and Piteau have refused their requests to collect data at Piteau’s test wells and monitoring locations or turn over field data. They say it’s created a 'shroud of secrecy' over the basis for the mine’s approval.</p><p>“'The entirety of the water resources analysis appears to have been entrusted to Piteau Associates, who appears to have worked mostly, if not exclusively, at the direction of LNC,' the motion said. It said the bureau didn’t verify Piteau’s field work and 'simply assumed it was reliable.'</p><p>“Bartell’s own hydrogeologist strongly disputes the baseline water quantity and quality, and forage conditions.</p><p>“'Piteau could have inputted faulty data into the models to generate a particular baseline and model outcomes to benefit their employer LNC,' it said. 'BLM’s decision to trust the NEPA process to parties like Piteau who may have a financial stake in the approval of the (mine) raises the specter of bad faith.'</p><p>“The new filing seeks to add the field studies and samples to the court’s administrative record, which currently contains Piteau’s final reports and analysis 'but excludes nearly all drafts and communications from Piteau.'</p><p>“'The environmental baseline is so insufficient that actual baseline conditions are hidden.'</p><p>“The bureau has until Nov. 5 to respond to the latest filing.</p><p>“A Justice Department lawyer representing the agency said in an email to the ranch’s lawyer last month the bureau wasn’t provided any field reports and 'relied on those contractors’ baseline reports, which are included in the EIS.'</p><p>“'BLM has the expectation that contractors with appropriately credentialed staff will provide accurate data and conclusions in a professional manner,' Leilani Doktor wrote in the email attached as an exhibit to the ranch’s motion.</p><p>“Lithium Nevada said in its latest filing last week that 'BLM fully analyzed and ensured compliance with water quality standards and appropriately adopted adaptive management.' It said earlier that the bureau conducted a comprehensive review based on its 'experience and expertise,' public comment and 'extensive data collected ... over years in coordination with state and federal environmental agencies.'</p><p>“Doktor said the bureau considers the documents sought by the ranch 'internal and deliberative' material exempt from the administrative record. Third-party contracts are exempt because they 'are not materials considered during the decision-making process.'</p><p><a href="https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/29/nevada-rancher-cites-shroud-of-secrecy-at-lithium/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lasvegassun.com/news/2021/oct/</span><span class="invisible">29/nevada-rancher-cites-shroud-of-secrecy-at-lithium/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MiningCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningCompany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SinomineResourceGroupCoLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinomineResourceGroupCoLtd</span></a> is considering building a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LithiumRefinery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumRefinery</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> & looking to team up with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LGEnergySolutionLtd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGEnergySolutionLtd</span></a> - attempting to assuage <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> based Sinomine put <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Tanco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tanco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> concentrate from site to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> for use in their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EVindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>Now! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pauite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pauite</span></a> Blocking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMine</span></a> Construction at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThackerPass</span></a>, Nevada</p><p>Protect Peehee Mu'huh!</p><p>April 25, 2023</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FortMcDermitt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortMcDermitt</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyramidLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PyramidLake</span></a> Pauite are offering prayers, and blocking construction by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAmericas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAmericas</span></a> of Canada at the Pauite Massacre Site in northern Nevada."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopThackerPass</span></a> </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/04/now-paiute-blocking-lithium-mine.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/04</span><span class="invisible">/now-paiute-blocking-lithium-mine.html</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>About Protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">protectthackerpass.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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