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...
by John Hadder | Dec 13, 2019 | Uncategorized |
Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project Threatens to Bring Tiehms Buckwheat to Extinction The Current Status An Australian corporation, Ioneer, has begun exploration activities on Rhyolite Ridge, located in Esmeralda County (NV) within the Silver Peak...
by Susan Juetten | Apr 3, 2018 | Nevada Mine News |
GREAT VICTORY FOR OUR FRIENDS IN NEVADA’S COMSTOCK FIGHTING RESIDENTIAL MINING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD: The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that personal devices, such as cell phones or data stored on a server, used by public officials are subject to disclosure...
by Susan Juetten | Dec 29, 2017 | Nevada Mine News |
By John Hadder: GBRW and allies toured the Cortez Joint Venture complex in June 2017 to get a first hand look at the site of the proposed expansion of what is already one of the largest gold mining complexes in the world, Cortez Joint Venture, in Eureka and Lander...
by Susan Juetten | Dec 29, 2017 | Legislation, Uncategorized |
One win this session changed water law to require better accounting for consumption of water, including by the mining industry. We didn’t get all we wanted; the bill sponsored on our behalf, SB231, ran into mining industry opposition; lobbyists told legislators that...
by Susan Juetten | May 10, 2017 | Legislation |
May 10, 2017: The legislature is now in the final month of the 79th session. We are still following and commenting on bills, and it’s not too late for you to do so, as the remaining bills will now be heard before the full Senate and/or House on their way to be signed...
by Susan Juetten | Mar 27, 2017 | Legislation |
Our every-other-year state legislature convened in Carson City in February and we are there, commenting, testifying and lobbying. Please help us out by contacting our legislators. It’s easy for anyone to comment on bills through the state NELIS website, and, we are...
by John Hadder | Jan 12, 2017 | Water |
San Fransisco, CA, a three-judge panel of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of appeals issued its unanimous decision on Thursday, Dec. 28, overturning the federal Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) approval of the Mt. Hope Molybdenum Mine, located on public lands near...
by Susan Juetten | Oct 21, 2016 | Anaconda Mine |
On September 9, 2016 the EPA proposed adding the abandoned, toxic Anaconda Mine site near Yerington, Nevada to the National Priorities List (i.e. Superfund) so that cleanup can be completed. This is an historic step forward for a situation that has been critical for...
by Susan Juetten | Jun 8, 2016 | Water |
Effect of Open Pit Mine Dewatering and Cessation on a Semi-arid River Flows Tom Myers, PhD, Hydrologic Consultant, Reno NV June, 2016 Executive Summary Open pit mining that extends below the groundwater table captures groundwater and can cause a very large...
