A group of Native American tribes are suing to stop the nation’s largest planned lithium mine because they consider the land sacred. Proponents of the mine say its vital for electric vehicle production. Now, a federal judge must issue a ruling.
Doranda Hinkey, a member of People of Red Mountain, in Humboldt County, Nev., on July 2, 2022. The planned Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada, the largest known lithium deposit in the United States, has drawn concerns and protests from environmental groups, Native American tribes and local ranchers.Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
. But a group of West Coast Native American tribes considers the land sacred and are suing to stop it.where lawyers for the tribes and a consortium of western environmental groups accused federal land managers of skirting environmental law and trying to green light the mine in the final days of the Trump administration.
"A long time ago, we suffered the same trail of tears here in Nevada when our people were marched up to Yakima in Washington in the snow just like we see today," Melendez told the crowd."We want to protect the Mother Earth. We want to protect our animals, our sacred sites," Melendez said.During a three-hour court hearing before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du, attorneys for the company and the U.S.
The company has pledged to help the tribe that's actually closest to the mine, the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes, with job training and infrastructure improvements like a new day care facility. That tribe has not joined the lawsuit andAt Thursday's hearing, a government attorney also maintained that the BLM followed all environmental laws carefully before issuing an initial permit.
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