#lithiummining

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2IX6a6degSU

846 #ClimateEmergency #LithiumMining #ChildLabor
#SlaveLabor #EcoColonialism

"Behind the screen: Child labour’s dark reality" [ ± 1-3 min]
by trtworld

Quote by trtw:
"May 19, 2025
Tesla, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Dell rely on cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where over 40,000 children — some as young as seven — work in dangerous, often deadly conditions.
Despite sitting on trillions of dollars in mineral wealth, the DRC remains one of the world’s poorest nations, exploited by Big Tech and burdened by the lasting scars of colonialism."

#TakeCareForLife
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

YouTubeBehind the screen: Child labour’s dark realityBy TRT World

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · May 14

Bytes Europe @byteseu@pubeurope.com

Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina: A Series https://www.byteseu.com/1011387/ #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #Colonialism #environmentalism #exploitation #GreenTransition #Herzegovina #LithiumMining #protest #Resistance

**JdeB** @JdeB@climatejustice.social · May 14

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/khR1KQV_z_0

830d #ClimateSolution #LithiumMining [4] #AsItShouldBe #Norway

What if mining wasn't driven by blind profit ?
What if it was done in a [very] rich and esponsible country ?

"There's a hidden treasure under this village"
by DWPlanetA [May 11, 2025]
-----there is a longer, far more interesting, video:
---> "This invisible Norwegian mine could solve Europe's rare earth problem" <- [11:57 min]
---> youtube.com/watch?v=F5R7jJiI21g <-

Quote [longer version] by DWPA:
"Apr 25, 2025
The Fen deposit holds almost 9 million tonnes of rare earth ore, making it the biggest known source in Europe. But to get to it, Rare Earths Norway will have to dig underneath a village of over 2,000 people. Can they do it in time?
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess."

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

YouTubeThere's a hidden treasure under this villageBy DW Planet A

**JdeB** @JdeB@climatejustice.social · May 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLO7ClVtlBA

830c #ClimateEmergency #LithiumMining [3] #Nevada #Indigenous

"This lithium company is trying to sue Indigenous land defenders into silence"
by Maximillian Alvarez for The Real News Network [May 9, 2025]

-> therealnews.com/this-lithium-company-is-trying-to-sue-indigenous-land-defenders-into-silence <-

Quotes:
"Six land defenders, known as the “Thacker Pass 6,” are currently being sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation for protesting a massive lithium mine on a sacred site of local Indigenous tribes’ ancestral homeland."
"Vancouver-based Lithium Americas is developing a massive lithium mine in Nevada’s remote Thacker Pass, but for nearly five years several local Indigenous tribes and environmental organizations have tried to block or delay the mine in the courts and through direct action. Six land defenders, known as the “Thacker Pass 6,” are currently being sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation and have been barred by court injunction from returning to and peacefully protesting and praying at the sacred site on their ancestral homeland."
"WILL FALK is a Colorado-based poet, community organizer, and pro-bono attorney for regional tribes who co-founded the group Protect Thacker Pass.
MAX WILBERT is an Oregon-based writer, organizer, wilderness guide, and co-author of the book Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It; he co-founded the group Protect Thacker Pass."

"In September of 2023, TRNN teamed up with award-winning Indigenous multimedia journalist Brandi Morin, documentary filmmaker Geordie Day, and Canadian independent media outlets Ricochet Media and IndigiNews to produce a powerful documentary report on the Indigenous resisters putting their bodies and freedom on the line to stop the Thacker Pass Project. Watch the report, “Mining the Sacred: Indigenous nations fight lithium gold rush at Thacker Pass,” here."

"Mining the Sacred: Indigenous nations fight lithium gold rush at Thacker Pass" [25:26 min]
by The Real News Network

Quote by TRNN:
"Sep 12, 2023 The Real News Network Podcasts
In Nevada’s remote Thacker Pass, a fight for our future is playing out between local Indigenous tribes and powerful state and corporate entities hellbent on mining the lithium beneath their land. Vancouver-based Lithium Americas is developing a massive lithium mine at Thacker Pass, but for more than two years several local tribes and environmental organizations have tried to block or delay the mine in the courts and through direct action. The Thacker Pass Project is backed by the Biden administration, and companies like General Motors have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the project, looking to capitalize on the transition to a "green energy economy," for which lithium is essential. While it is a vital component in the manufacturing of electric vehicles and batteries, though, there’s nothing “green” about mining lithium. Ending our addiction to fossil fuels is urgently necessary, but the struggle of the local tribes around Thacker Pass reveals the darkside of a “green revolution” that prioritizes profits and consumption over everything (and everyone) else."

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

YouTubeMining the Sacred: Indigenous nations fight lithium gold rush at Thacker PassBy The Real News Network

**JdeB** @JdeB@climatejustice.social · May 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwvMKUXYmOo

830b #ClimateEmergency #LithiumMining [2] #IndigenousRights

"Mining Lithium Violates Indigenous Rights and Permanently Pollutes the Earth!" [2:10 min]
by Robin Greenfield

Quote by RG:
"Apr 15, 2022
The growth of the electric car industry is being used as an excuse to further violate Indigenous rights and permanently pollute and destroy natural resources. The mining process uses 2 billion gallons of water per year from already depleted groundwater and 11300 gallons of diesel per day. It releases carcinogenic compounds into a critical water supply to create batteries that are not built to be recycled. This upcoming documentary explores the nuanced true cost of green energy and offers alternative solutions in this critical time.
TAKE ACTION !
[Remember this quote is over 3 yrs old !]
This is a CRITICAL MOMENT for the Thacker Pass opposition. The State of Nevada recently issued permits allowing the mining company to pollute air and water, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing to desecrate the sacred sites of Peehee Mu'huh by digging up the resting places of those killed in the 1865 Thacker Pass massacre!
Join us in speaking out against this desecration! CALL EVERY DAY! PRESSURE DECISION MAKERS.

1. CALL Secretary of the Interior and ask her to revoke the permits for the Thacker Pass lithium mine and allow access to the site for traditional ceremonies! Ask that the Department of the Interior order the Bureau of Land Management to stop any disturbance of cultural sites and Native American human remains in Thacker Pass so that meaningful, government-to-government consultation can happen with local tribes. And finally, request that Secretary Haaland personally meet with representatives of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Winnemucca Indian Colony to hear their concerns about the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Project. Call 202-208-3100, then Press 3, then press 0 to leave a comment, or email feedback@ios.doi.gov (and copy your email to contact@protectthackerpass.org).
2. CALL Raul Grijalva, Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee at (202) 225-2435 (or contact at -> grijalva.house.gov/contact-raul/ <- and ask him to investigate the human rights crimes being committed at Thacker Pass against Native American Tribes!
3. CALL Far Western Anthropological Research Group, and tell them they are about to desecrate a sacred site against the wishes of regional tribes! Call both numbers, (530) 756-3941 and (775) 847-0223, or emailcraig@farwestern.com (and copy your email tocontact@protectthackerpass.org).
4. CALL Kathleen Rehberg, BLM Field Manager at Humboldt River Field Office and ask her to remove the trespass signs at Thacker Pass to allow native people to engage in ceremony and visit sacred sites. Tell her this illegal project will not stand! 775-623-1739 or krehberg@blm.gov (and copy your email to contact@protectthackerpass.org).

TALKING POINTS! Express your opposition to this project and demand the permits be rejected and rolled back.
* Introduce yourself. If you’re a tribal member, or have relevant qualifications, say so.
* Say "I am concerned about the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine in Northern Nevada."
* Tell them that "Three federally-recognized tribes have sued the BLM over this project, alleging there was NO consultation with native tribes. This is illegal!"
* Use facts from:
-> protectthackerpass.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Fact-Sheet-v3.pdf <-
* Say "Thank you."

MORE YOU CAN DO:
SIGN UP for Protect Thacker Pass updates: -> protectthackerpass.org <-
FOLLOW US on social media and help spread the word. Use #ProtectThackerPass
EDUCATE yourself by studying material at -> protectthackerpass.org <-
SPEAK: Write letters to the editor to local and regional papers in Nevada, surrounding states, and globally.
BE PREPARED to come to the site to protest the illegal desecration!

#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

YouTubeMining Lithium Violates Indigenous Rights and Permanently Pollutes the Earth!By Robin Greenfield

**JdeB** @JdeB@climatejustice.social · May 14

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3pgxob5wC4c

830a #ClimateEmergency #LithiumMining [1] #Can #BC

There just MUST be a way. Lithium isn't essential for cars anymore ! And there are better large storage possibilities ahead.
It's mainly corperate greed exploiting the Earth and the Tribes under the gize of a hyped up demand.
Consuming LESS is, as ever, the better option.

"There’s nothing inherently “critical” about #criticalminerals" [ ± 1-3 min]
by thenarwhalca [May 1, 2025]
----- Read the article mentioned here:
---> Metals are the new oil’: B.C. fast-tracks critical minerals projects to counter tariffs <-
---> thenarwhal.ca/bc-critical-minerals-fast-tracked-tariffs/ <-

#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#StopThePlunder #StopRapingNature
#ClimateBreakDown

YouTubeThere’s nothing inherently “critical” about #criticalmineralsBy The Narwhal

**Blaze Trends** @blazetrends@mastodon.social · Apr 28

Apr 28

Blaze Trends @blazetrends@mastodon.social

Mexico's Lithium Reserves Spark Hope for Energy Leadership, But Challenges Remain Ahead

#Dubai #LatinAmerica #Lithiummining #Mexico #renewableenergy
https://blazetrends.com/mexicos-lithium-reserves-spark-hope-for-energy-leadership-but-challenges-remain-ahead/?fsp_sid=21052

Blaze Trends · Apr 28Mexico's Lithium Reserves Spark Hope for Energy Leadership, But Challenges Remain AheadMexico's lithium reserves could be a game-changer for the country's economy. The "white mines" in Sonora hold an estimated 243 million tons of lithium, a key

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**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Feb 25 *

Feb 25 *

@WesternWatershedsProject Looks like #LithiumMining is planned for #Maine. #Recycle #RecycleLithium #RecycleCopper #NoMiningOnConservationLands

Continued thread

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Feb 19

Feb 19

Rapid City JournalBill to increase lithium mining regulations killed in state HouseHouse Bill 1258, proposed by Rep. Nichole Uhre-Balk of Rapid City, would have placed lithium mining under the same regulations as gold and silver rather than its current sand and

Bill to increase #LithiumMining regulations killed in [#SouthDakota] state House

By Amelia Schafer Feb 14, 2025

"A new bill to increase regulations on lithium mining in South Dakota failed to make it out of the state House on Thursday.

"House Bill 1258, proposed by Rep. Nichole Uhre-Balk, D-Rapid City, would have placed lithium mining under the same regulations as gold and silver rather than its current sand and gravel standards.

"Hard rock mining (gold and silver) is subject to stricter #WaterPollution control regulations than sand and gravel mining.

"Organizations like #MidwestLithium are currently exploring mining operations in the hills. Most lithium in the hills is found around the #HarneyPeak Granite formation, according to the organization's webpage.

"The South Dakota lithium project is comprised of roughly 23,500 acres of both #federal and private Land.
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee first split 6-6 on a do-pass motion Thursday before voting 8-4 to send the bill to the 41st day, killing it.

"''I think the general consensus is that the issue needs to be addressed, and so we'll continue to look harder at that, make sure we get all of our any concerns addressed and try to bring that bill back next year,' Uhre-Balk told the crowd at Saturday's crackerbarrel event hosted by Elevate Rapid City.

"Organizations like the local Indigenous led nonprofit #NDNCollective and the #BlackHillsCleanWaterAssociation spoke out in support of the bill Wednesday, stating that increased lithium mining threatens clean water for Black Hills residents especially since its treated like sand or gravel mining.

"Critics of the bill, such as Mike Lees, program administrator for the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Minerals Mining Program, said current regulations are sufficient. At the crackerbarrel, Rep. Tim Goodwin, R-Rapid City, said the bill, 'was going to choke off mining. It was bureaucratic.'

"Uhre-Balk said the bill wouldn't stop mining.

"House Agriculture committee members cited a need to better understand the issue when voting to send it to the 41st day.

"The #SouthDakotaMineralIndustriesOrganization was not immediately available for comment."

Original article:
https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/mining-regulations-bill-south-dakota/article_e094c352-ea57-11ef-aa4e-e38ee2e6b85a.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Gqvb8
#ProtectTheBlackHills #ProtectTheSacred #DefendTheSacred #NoMiningWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalRacism #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #LeaveItInTheGround #CorporateColonialism #USPol #NoLithiumMining #DefendMotherEarth

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Feb 19

Feb 19

Read more:
https://ndncollective.org/unleashing-american-energy-mining-and-drilling-accelerated-under-trump-administration/
#ProtectTheBlackHills #ProtectTheSacred #DefendTheSacred #NoMiningWithoutConsent #EnvironmentalRacism #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #LeaveItInTheGround #CorporateColonialism #USPol #NoLithiumMining #DefendMotherEarth

[Thread] Unfortunately, South Dakota #HB1258 was defeated [which would have put more restrictions on #LithiumMining]... And I knew Burgum would betray #NativeAmericans (even though he promised not to).

‘Unleashing American Energy’: Mining and Drilling Accelerated Under Trump Administration

By Angelica (Angie) Solloa • February 12, 2025

"You may have heard that #DebHaaland (Laguna Pueblo) transitioned out of her role as the US Secretary of the Department of Interior and announced her candidacy for Governor New Mexico. Her successor, former North Dakota Governor #DougBurgum, is steadfast in carrying out Trump’s Executive Order 14154 '#UnleashingAmericanEnergy' which aims to accelerate #mining and drilling on federal and #TribalLands.

"On February 3rd, Doug Burgum released this document which outlines all the revoked projects and programs intended to protect land and the people; giving a pathway for #MiningCompanies to hit the ground running across Turtle Island.

"In the #BlackHills, the #SacredLands of the #Lakota Peoples’, mining and drilling companies aren’t hesitating to cash out. Currently, South Dakota House Bill 1258 is under consideration by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, where it will come to a vote this Thursday, February 13th. Community members and citizens of the area were given just six days’ notice.

WHAT IS HB 1258?

"The passage of South Dakota House Bill 1258 would hold lithium mining to the same standards and laws as silver and gold. Under the current law, lithium mining is treated like mining for sand and gravel, and there are not enough protections for human #health, #food systems, #water, #wildlife, and the #land.

"HB 1258 would offer more accountability and appropriate processes for mining companies that would better protect the land, the people, and the economy of the #Ȟesápa. #NDNCollective, alongside partner the #BlackHillsCleanWaterAlliance, collaborated to spread the word as fast as possible, calling on relatives to swiftly take action ahead of Thursday, February 13th."

NDN COLLECTIVE · Feb 12‘Unleashing American Energy’: Mining and Drilling Accelerated Under Trump Administration - NDN COLLECTIVEYou may have heard that Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) transitioned out of her role as the US Secretary of the...

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Feb 8

Feb 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMrBYnKo9v4

#KleeBenally's on his cover of the #TomWaits song "Earth Died Screaming."

"#Climatechange is a consequence of the war against #MotherEarth.
The #greenwashing of #capitalism and #colonialism perpetuates the nightmare of #ecocide and #genocide of #IndigenousPeoples.

"#LithiumMining is intensifying to meet demand of 'green' #EV cars. This means further targeting and destruction of #Indigenous #SacredLands and water. Support #Hualapai & #Shoshone (and beyond!) resistance to lithium mining.

From mining, transport, milling, and waste, 'clean/green' #Nuclear energy is a deadly lie. There are more than 10,000 abandoned uranium throughout the so-called US that have been left to permanently contaminate our communities with deadly #radioactive pollution. There is also no permanent plan to deal with the highly radioactive waste from nuclear power generation. #YuccaMountain, a sacred site for #WesternShoshone, is still being considered for a national nuclear waste repository.

"For wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles, #ResolutionCopper proclaims that they desperately need to mine the copper beneath #OakFlat, a sacred site for #SanCarlosApache.

"We can't ignore the brutal impacts associated with the sourcing of necessary metals and minerals needed to
'sustain' unsustainable ways of life.

"#GreenCapitalists and #colonizers dream, while the Earth dies screaming."

http://www.the-ciej.org
http://www.indigenousaction.org
http://www.HaulNo.com
http://www.dinenonukes.org
http://www.cleanupthemines.org

#DefendTheSacred #DefendMotherEarth #ClimateChange #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoUraniumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #CulturalGenocide #Genocide #RestInPowerKleeBenally #FridayNightMusicVideos
#FridayNightMusic #MusicForActivism #MusicForResistance

YouTubeKlee Benally | Earth Died Screaming | Tom Waits CoverBy Klee Benally

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Feb 1

Feb 1

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/prayer-horse-ride-prepares-for-sacred.html
#JusticeForMyronDewey #LithiumMining #CopperMining #NoMining #SaveThackerPass #SacredPlaces #DefendTheSacred #GreenWashing #ExtractiveIndustries #MMIWG #MMIR #CorporateColonialism #PrayerRide #ProtectTheSacred #ProtectThackerPass #ReaderSupportedNews

#PrayerHorseRide Prepares for Sacred Journey 2025

"We do not sell our #MotherEarth or profit off of her, Mother Earth is here to take care of us and teach us our natural ways of Life! I pray we all stand to protect our Mother,” - Josh Dini, Sr., Walker River Pauite Tribe, #WaterProtector, #PrayerHorseRider and a member of #AIM Northern Nevada.

By Prayer Horse Ride, via #CensoredNews

SCHURZ, Nevada -- "The Prayer Horse Ride is getting ready to begin our 4th annual sacred journey March 21st – April 2nd, across Nevada in the ancestral lands of the Numu (#Paiute) and Newe (#Shoshone), through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth, Nixon, Lovelock to McDermitt, and ending near Orovada, honoring #PeeheeMuhuh (#ThackerPass in the McDermitt Caldera).

"Those Riders, Walkers, and Runners carry the prayerful energy with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding water usage and #NativeAmericanGraves Protection and
Repatriation Act concerns about #lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and within the McDermitt Caldera.

"The Ride also raises awareness of several #EndangeredSpecies in #FishLakeValley (#TecopaBirdsBeak, #TiehmsBuckwheat, and #TuiChub), a place Newe gathered foods and medicines, held sacred ceremonies, and where a proposed lithium boron mine would violate the #AmericanIndianReligiousFreedomAct."

bsnorrell.blogspot.comPrayer Horse Ride Prepares for Sacred Journey 2025Censored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Dec 20, 2024

Dec 20, 2024

So, again, it's okay for the #BorderPatrol (#MurderPatrol) to assassinate an unarmed #NativeAmerican man (#RaymondMattia) and a #LithiumMining employee to run over a #NativeAmericanActivist (#MyronDewey), but those acts aren't #Terrorism? I guess it's all about how much MONEY and CLOUT the victim has, eh?

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Dec 19, 2024 *

Dec 19, 2024 *

Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/06/choking-with-grief-myron-deweys-family.html

Update on #MyronDewey's killer from #CensoredNews

Published December 19, 2024

"The driver of the truck that killed #Paiute journalist Myron Dewey is an engineer with the same Reno, Nevada, mining company that did the initial testing for #LithiumMining at #Hualapai's ceremonial spring in #Arizona. The #HualapaiNation filed a federal lawsuit against Interior Sec. #DebHaaland for the mining permit issued to an Australian company."

Article about Federal lawsuit from November 7, 2024:

In Major Win for Hualapai, Judge Extends Drilling Freeze For Lithium

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/in-major-win-for-hualapai-judge-extends.html

#JusticeForMyronDewey #WaterIsLife #BigSandyLithiumMine #BigSandy #HaKamwe #StopBigSandyLithiumMine #ProtestWalk #ProtectHaKamwe
#NoLithiumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #BigSandyLithiumMine #ProtectTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #DefendMotherEarth #DefendTheSacred #NativeAmericanActivists #PeacefulProtest #HawkstoneEnergy

bsnorrell.blogspot.comChoking with grief, Myron Dewey's family described their loss, as court hands down minimal sentenceCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.

**Bytes Europe** @byteseu@pubeurope.com · Dec 11, 2024

Dec 11, 2024

Bytes Europe @byteseu@pubeurope.com

Scholz visits potential German lithium resource with Serbia’s Vučić https://www.byteseu.com/548909/ #AleksandarVučić #GermanChancellor #LithiumMining #OlafScholz #OreMountains #Serbia #SerbianPresident

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Nov 4, 2024

Nov 4, 2024