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Max Wilbert | The Thacker Pass Lithium Mine—Case Study in the Failure of Green Growth | 20 Sep 2023 | CACOR Presentation
September 20, 2023 @ 13:30 - 15:00 EDT
Speaker: Max Wilbert
Topic: The Thacker Pass Lithium Mine—Case Study in the Failure of Green Growth
Summary:
With the rapid growth in the energy storage and electric vehicle industries, demand for raw materials like lithium is rising. This is creating new frontiers of resource extraction as land that was previously uncommodified is now worth billions on the market. This presentation will build on the previous talk by another of the “Bright Green Lies” authors, Lierre Keith, based on a specific case study: the Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada. Mr. Wilbert was involved in launching a protest movement to “Protect Thacker Pass.”
Biography:
Max Wilbert is a writer and biocentric community organizer. He has been part of grassroots political work for 20 years, and is the founder of Protect Thacker Pass. Max is the author of two books, most recently “Bright Green Lies: How The Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It” (Monkfish 2021). His work has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, Le Monde, BBC, and elsewhere.