People of Red Mountain: Life & Lithium in Nevada's Thacker Pass | US AS WE ARE

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We visit the McDermitt Caldera in Northern Nevada, where the largest known deposit of lithium on Earth was recently discovered. The Lithium Americas mine at Thacker Pass, also known as Peehee Mu'huh, is beginning its pit excavation. Lithium is a major component in batteries for electric cars and other renewable energy technologies and is often cited as an essential part of a "green future." However, a local group of indigenous environmental activists called People of Red Mountain have come out against the mining interests which have entered the region, pointing to the environmental costs of lithium mining itself.

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