by beth | Aug 5, 2022 | Essays, Protect Thacker Pass
Car tires and brakes are major sources of pollutants that are poisoning fish and littering the ocean with microplastics, and EVs will only make this problem worse. Car tires contain 6PPD-quinone, a toxic chemical used to help stop car tires from breaking down. This...
by beth | Mar 16, 2022 | Essays, Protect Thacker Pass
If Electric Cars Won’t Save the Planet, What Will? by Max Wilbert and Elisabeth Robson Since January 15th, 2021, we have been fighting to Protect Thacker Pass from a proposed open-pit lithium mine. For some people, our protest is confusing. Most mainstream...
by beth | Feb 13, 2022 | Essays, Protect Thacker Pass
The implications of replacing cars (and other vehicles) with electric vehicles (EVs) are many. This includes perpetuating car culture and the devastating damage to the natural world caused by roads, and the massive increase in mining that will be required to source...
by beth | Dec 29, 2021 | Essays, Protect Thacker Pass
Most of us don’t want to think about climate change or ecological collapse or any of the other crises facing humans and this world in the 21st century. We just want to live our lives. The problem is that the way we’re living our lives is causing pollution, extinction,...
by beth | Sep 7, 2021 | Adventure
Today I found this desiccated half fish on the ground under a fir tree. Since I’m 3 miles from the nearest water, I am assuming an eagle or other raptor brought the fish to my yard to eat and dropped the tail end. Yes it stinks, and is now in the compost...
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