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CELDF on the Lee Camp show, Unredacted Tonight: Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Should be Flushed

Fri, 08/07/2026 - 09:30

Max Wilbert and Will Falk were recently interviewed on LEE CAMP's show, Unredacted Tonight. They joined to talk about the absurd, nearly $50,000 fine that the Bureau of Land Management has levied against them for building composting toilets on land that is currently being destroyed for the 1,100 acre, 400-feet deep open pit part of Lithium Nevada's "Thacker Pass" mine.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

Water is Life: Walking the Columbia River with Djuli Lomboy

Fri, 08/07/2026 - 06:43

In this interview, we discuss Djuli Lomboy's motivation for embarking on this prayer walk, the difficulties she faced along the way, the nuclear contamination of the Hanford nuclear site, other threats facing the Columbia River and the riparian communities, the spiritual basis of cultural transformation, and the disconnection of modern society from the natural world.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

From Fracking to Data Centers—Hamster Wheels and That Same Old Song and Dance

Mon, 07/20/2026 - 11:15

Maybe we can work together in community to build grassroots power, take direct action, disrupt unjust systems, and resist corporate encroachment.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

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