California, specifically the Sierra Nevada region, is both an old and new extractive frontier, with hotspots of environmental injustice. Abandoned gold rush-era mines have left a toxic legacy that continues to impact communities and ecosystems. Recently, high gold prices have sparked renewed interest in exploration for open pit mines, threatening biologically diverse and sacred landscapes from the Sierras to the desert. Meanwhile, rising demand for electric vehicles is driving a “white gold rush” for lithium.

Join our panel of experts Wendy Schneider, Executive Director at Friends of the Inyo, Jared Naimark, California Mining Organizer at Earthworks, Ralph Silberstein, President at Community Environmental Advocates Foundation, and Jaime L. Wolters, Desert Lands Organizer at Friends of the Inyo to learn about mining threats in the Sierra Nevada: what is happening, what are the impacts, how it conflicts with the State and National conservation goals, and what we can do to help.

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