by Chelsey Hand | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
The below article was published in the Nevada Appeal on October 15th, 2020: An open letter to Senator Cortez Masto from the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe “An open letter to Senator Cortez Masto from the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe News | October 15, 2020 Dear...
by Chelsey Hand | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
On September 26th, we traveled with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada from Reno to the proposed Mt. Hope mine site in Eureka County—stopping to hear the significance of various places along the way, taking time to listen to their stories and remember what...
by Chelsey Hand | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
As an organization that works with communities to protect ecosystems and culture from the harmful effects of mining, we would like to stress just how much of climate justice (and possibilities for deep injustice) is connected to how we treat extraction during our...
by Chelsey Hand | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
This trip was incredibly valuable and gave me so much more perspective on mining justice, especially in the way it has made me re-examine and internalize what it means to join the fight for social-environmental justice around extraction. Being able to...
by Chelsey Hand | Apr 13, 2020 | Nevada Mine News, Uncategorized
Below are links to four articles that were published (by The Nevada Independent, Associated Press, The Sierra Nevada Ally, and the Elko Daily) regarding the water protests that GBRW and ally groups filed pertaining to the proposed Long Canyon Mine Expansion. They were...
by Chelsey Hand | Feb 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, we traveled to Orovada for one of the Thacker Pass Scoping Meetings. The room was filled with people holding various roles from Lithium Nevada, their contracted company, the BLM, and about 25 members of the public. As Lithium Nevada gave a presentation...
