US and Canada Among Top Violators of #Indigenous Rights: #Mining, Militarization and #BoardingSchools

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 1, 2023

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/08/us-and-canada-among-top-violators-of.html

#ThackerPass #Mining #BlackHills #EnvironmentalRacism #NativeAmericanNews #IndigenousNews #UN #LithiumMining #RioTinto #HumanRights

As the #SaltonSea Shrinks, #Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust

As drought dries up the shallow sea, near a half-million farmable acres in the #ImperialValley, #farmworkers living nearby are exposed to #toxic dust and airborne #pollution from algae blooms. Asthma, allergies, and other health impacts are rising at alarming rates.

By Virginia Gewin, July 17, 2023

"Building on findings from a recent study documenting the health impacts of poor air quality around the Salton Sea, California’s largest inland lake, López was one of 15 mothers who subsequently agreed to photograph their children and their environments. Three-quarters of the 36 caregivers in the study identified as Hispanic or Latino, and 24 percent identified as #Purepecha, an #Indigenous group from the Mexican state of Michoacan. Over half of them are #farmworkers, as is common in the small, unincorporated communities that surround the sea.

"On bad air quality days, López keeps her 8-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter inside to protect them from a cascade of symptoms that she says worsen with outdoor exposure, including congestion, skin allergies, and shallow, labored breathing that makes sleep elusive. A 2019 survey found that 22 percent of children have asthma in the region, almost three times the national rate of 8.3 percent.

"Imperial County residents were exposed to over 1,200 pounds of #pesticides—via the air, water, and on the plants themselves—per square mile from 2017-2019. That exposure rate is over 90 percent higher than the rest of #California. On top of that, the region is the hottest in the state—with over 117 days over 100 degrees, according to a 2022 Hazardous Heat report.

"Farmers around the Salton Sea have worked to use water more efficiently and reduce field burning. But they also use intensive, conventional practices that rely on chemical inputs. And there is little if any conversation about changing those practices for the good of the Salton Sea or the area’s residents.

"In the last few years, the long-neglected region has been dubbed #Lithium Valley as it has received unprecedented attention due to its precious lithium reserves needed to fuel the state’s clean energy economy. But residents, scientists, and public health advocates worry that this new gold rush will further an extractive dynamic without adequately addressing community health. And new science about the connection between water pollution and air quality suggests more investment is needed."

#LithiumMining #BigAg #Farming

https://civileats.com/2023/07/17/as-the-salton-sea-shrinks-agricultures-legacy-turns-to-dust/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Resistência a um projeto de mina de lítio em Peehee Mu'huh, na chamada Nevada, incêndios florestais, ondas de calor, inundações e uma apreensão indígena de navios petroleiros no Peru neste episódio ambiental especial de Falha de Sistema.

https://kolektiva.media/w/asNrMZAUMZ2FHAeW8YxSTM

#OxSam #DefendTheSacred #ProtectThackerPass #ÁguaÉVida #retomada #indígena #Paiute #Shoshone #Achuar #Wampis #Peru #CarroElétrico #LithiumMining #TerrasRatas #Tesla #ambientalismo #MudançasClimáticas #sustentabilidade #JustiçaClimática

#Paiute #Shoshone Court Date is Friday for Defending Massacre Site from #LithiumAmericas

May 31, 2023

Ox Sam Camp, #ThackerPass, Nevada: "I would like to ask all of you out there to kindly share this for my fellow sister warrior descendant, she stands here for her lineage through her great great grandfather Ox Sam whose family was massacred here at Thacker Pass also known as Peehee Muhu which is translated as Rotten Moon.
Due to recent events of her being served a TPO that is restricting her from accessing her Rights to her unmarked ancestral burial grounds and sacred site at Sentinel Rock by #LithiumAmerica Corporation. She now has to go back and forth to #Winnemucca 150 miles round trip where the court is being held and conducted which adds up a lot of miles and she is still looking for a Nevada attorney preferably pro indigenous rights for her legal issues filed by Lithium America a Canadian Based Corporation. So we're kindly asking you all to share these links to try and get her all the help we can do for her and to help her along as we continue to shed light and love on the current happenings at PeeHee Muhu Ox Sam Camp. (Newe Momokonee Nokutun)
Thank you for Very Much.

"The legal hearing for Dorece, Chuck, Paul, and Max is now scheduled for Friday (June 2nd) at 1:30 pm in Winnemucca. We're asking the court for an extension but it may not be granted. So that's our timeline for now. I'm not sure if supporters will be allowed in the courtroom, but if anyone wants to come out and support us feel free (although I wouldn't want to take people away from camp). For now, that's our deadline for legal representation. The situation is evolving. Thank you."

#SaveThackerPass #CulturalGenocide #IndigenousNews #EnvironmentalRacism #OxSamCamp #Frontline #Biodiversity #Solidarity #Help #Nevada #Environment #Climate #DirectAction #ProtectPeeheeMuhuh #LithiumNevada #LithiumMining #OpenPitMining #OpenPit #Mining

More at:
https://www.facebook.com/Drone.nation2017

Via Censored News:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/05/paiute-shoshone-court-date-is-friday.html

From #OrphanOilWells to #ToxicTailingsLeaks, #AlbertaEnergyRegulator is under much needed scrutiny these days. The phrase #CapturedByIndustry is gaining steam. How do we ensure same thing doesn't happen with #LithiumMining? Or ANY of the #ClimateSmart solutions?

We'll ask Canadian tech writer #ParisMark these questions and more on the next #ClimateOfChange, I hope you'll join us.

RSVP: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/acoc_5_2_paris_marx

#abpoli #Climate #Renewables #Storage #Electrification #ClimateChange #NetZero

BREAKING! Judge affirms stricter interpretation of federal mining law

By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press, April 13, 2023

RENO, Nev. (AP) — "Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court's stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada. The ruling could have ramifications for a huge #lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line and other future mines on public lands across the West.

"Environmentalists say Hicks' ruling bodes well for their #ThackerPass appeal.

"'It's very significant,' said Roger Flynn, a longtime attorney for the Colorado-based Western Action Mining Project representing the Great Basin Resource Watch and others in lawsuits challenging both the molybdenum and lithium mines."

#LithiumMining #LithiumAmericas #SaveThackerPass #IndigenousNews

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-affirms-stricter-interpretation-of-federal-mining-law/ar-AA19N3iu

#Nevada #lithium mine breaks ground despite #Indigenous opposition

Activists say the project threatens delicate #ecosystems, while proponents say it is key to Biden’s green energy agenda.

#IndigenousRights #ThackerPass #LithiumMining

Read more:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/15/nevada-lithium-mine-breaks-ground-despite-indigenous-opposition

LD 1508: An Act to Ensure a Strategic Approach to #Maine's Energy Transition by Imposing a Moratorium on #Lithium #Mining

Public Hearing and Work Session:
Apr 13, 2023, 1:01pm, Cross Building, Room 216, State House, Augusta, Maine

https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?paper=HP0963&snum=131&PID=0

#LithiumMining #OpenPit #MiningMoratorium

This week in Lunch & Learn🥪, we delve into the renewable energy transition.

Thank you so much to Henry Sanderson from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence for a fascinating session on the race to secure critical minerals for the transition.👏👏

We are all eager to read his book Volt Rush & learn more!

#energytransition #renewableenergy #EV #electricvehicle #electricvehicles #energy #justenergytransition #mining #lithium #lithiumbattery #lithiummining

Manchin vows to sue Biden administration over EV tax credits - Enlarge / US Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is a millionaire thanks to co... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1927845 #cleanvehicletaxcredit #electricvehicles #federaltaxcredit #lithiummining #evtaxcredit #joemanchin #lithiumion #freetrade #policy #cars #evs

Ars Technica: Manchin vows to sue Biden administration over EV tax credits https://arstechnica.com/?p=1927845 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #cleanvehicletaxcredit #Electricvehicles #federaltaxcredit #lithiummining #EVtaxcredit #joemanchin #lithiumion #Freetrade #Policy #Cars #EVs

‘Lithium mine bulk sampling’ actually means cultural genocide

September 20, 2022

"Lithium Nevada Corporation (#LNC), the company behind the embattled #ThackerPass lithium mine project, has begun digging up portions of Thacker Pass for 'bulk sampling' despite consultation still being ongoing between the Bureau of Land Management and regional tribes over #cultural sites.

"Will Falk, attorney for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and the Summit Lake #Paiute Tribe and co-founder of the opposition group #ProtectThackerPass, says this is a violation of federal law.

"'The Federal Government has not even meaningfully started consultation with tribes about the September 12, 1865 massacre site in Thacker Pass, let alone the earlier Peehee Mu’huh massacre described in oral history and the entire Thacker Pass Traditional Cultural District,' Falk said. 'But that doesn’t even begin to describe how much of a dirty trick this is. BLM is allowing the destruction of a massacre site without consulting, over the objections of multiple tribes and members of the public, using a permit more than a decade old.'

"'Thacker Pass is a living traditional cultural place where Paiute and #Shoshone people still gather to practice our culture,' says Michon Eben, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. 'The Snake War was the most violent Indian war in the west, and not a single site from this important event for our people is protected. BLM and Lithium Nevada are destroying our cultural heritage with this dig.”"

#CulturalGenocide #NativeAmericans #Lithium #LithiumMining #Nevada #LandBack

Read more:
https://wholecommunity.news/2022/09/26/lithium-mine-bulk-sampling-actually-means-cultural-genocide/

"The demand for #lithium for #EVbatteries is driving a #mining boom in an arid #Andes region of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, home to half the world’s reserves. Hydrologists are warning the mines could drain vital ecosystems and deprive #Indigenouscommunities of precious water."

#miningindustry #IndigenousPeoples #écocide #lithiummining

https://e360.yale.edu/features/lithium-mining-water-andes-argentina

Hundreds in #Serbia protest
#lithiummining plans

(8 Jan 2022) Hundreds of people on Saturday defied bad weather to block roads in Serbia in protest over plans for lithium mining in the Balkan country. The p...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASOICXTQ4k4