THACKER PASS
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U.S. takes stake in Lithium Americas to boost Northern Nevada project
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN - AP Business Writer
Senator Jacky Rosen tours Thacker Pass Lithium Project
2 News Nevada Digital Team
Thacker Pass water rights investigation
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Nevada is the largest lithium source in North America, and the goal is to build batteries for electric vehicles.
- Arianna Bennett
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For years, a mining company-- Lithium Americas-- and two back-to-back presidencies, have pushed for a mine at the site.
A team of students from the University of Nevada, Reno's Mackay School placed second in the first annual American-Made Carbon Management Colle…
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Protesters gathered at the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in Humboldt County to try and stop the project from moving forward.
Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium deposit in the country, but it also sits on land that some native American tribes say is a sacred burial site.
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Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line.
- Randi May Amy Serrano
The federal court has ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to consider another issue under mining law related to waste storage.Â
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General Motors has announced it’s investing $650 million into the Thacker Pass mine development.
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The final oral arguments scheduled for Thursday represent the culmination of a two-year legal battle.
As court ruling nears, opponents of Thacker Pass Lithium Mine say mine is already under construction
The upcoming January 5th hearing in Reno’s Federal Courthouse will be the final oral argument in the ongoing lawsuits against the Thacker Pass mine.
A new historical exhibit at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony highlights the impacts of mining on Native people.
The Conference called attention to the proposed local lithium mine that threatens the cultural and spiritual site, Peehee Mu’huh, Thacker Pass.
- By Paul Nelson
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Four governors joined the Secretary of Energy to discuss renewable energy investments and the possibility of federal spending to increase state projects.
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They say newly uncovered evidence proves it was the sacred site of a massacre of dozens of Native Americans in 1865.
- By Paul Nelson
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The largest known lithium deposit in the United States is in northern Nevada, and a mining company says it has big plans for the property.Â
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