Lithium Americas Corporation is splitting into two companies: Lithium Americas (which will own Thacker Pass and other North American projects) and Lithium International (which will own

Lithium Americas Corporation is splitting into two companies: Lithium Americas (which will own Thacker Pass and other North American projects) and Lithium International (which will own Cauchari-Olaroz). Why are they doing this? In short: to protect themselves from accountability for their crimes.

They are doing this to limit their liability, protect themselves from activists and political inquiries, and access loans from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The lithium brine project at Cauchari-Olaroz, in northwestern Argentina, is 44.8% owned by LAC and 46.7% owned by the Chinese company Ganfeng Lithium.

Two workers died at that site in October in unknown circumstances, and The Washington Post has made allegations of serious human rights violations.

LAC is trying to offload their China connection in order to bypass Republican opposition and access federal battery money, and distance themselves from the human rights abuses, environmental harms, and now worker deaths in Argentina that mirror what is beginning at Thacker Pass.

#ProtectThackerPass #ProtectPeeheeMuhuh #mining #lithium

Links:
- - https://seekingalpha.com/news/3900714-lithium-americas-to-split-into-two-public-companies

- https://freebeacon.com/national-security/this-foreign-company-wants-to-mine-massive-amounts-of-lithium-in-nevada-first-it-must-overcome-its-china-problem/

- https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/tossed-aside-in-the-lithium-rush/?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-economy%252Bnation

- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lithium-americas-reports-two-contractor-174300204.html

On Friday, February 22nd, The Yale Center for Business and the Environment hosted a panel discussion between Yale researchers and Google Developers on "Geotechnology and the

On Friday, February 22nd, The Yale Center for Business and the Environment hosted a panel discussion between Yale researchers and Google Developers on "Geotechnology and the Future of Sustainability."

Before Rep. Pramila Jayapal was elected to Congress and later became the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, she was an organizer and activist, and an enthusiastic Bioneers participant.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, now serving her third term in Congress representing Washington’s 7th District, the first South Asian American woman elected to the House, is the Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and serves on many key committees. A highly influential leader on progressive policies on: immigration, LGBTQ rights, labor issues, economic inequality, climate, clean energy, etc., Congresswoman Jayapal, prior to her election to political office, spent decades working internationally and domestically in global public health and development and as an advocate for women’s, immigrant, civil, and human rights. She is the author of two books, including, most recently: Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political Change.

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