Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC-YGI Microgrid Air Quality Construction Permit Application

Comment From: Hope Monett

7/04/26 @ 3:23 PM

Save our planet and people!

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Comment From: Roxanne n/a

7/04/26 @ 3:22 PM

I want to protect our limited water supply! Stop project Jupiter!
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
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Comment From: Muhamed El-Charif

7/04/26 @ 3:22 PM

Stop GENERATIVE AI and lets make this world a better one.

New Mexico Environment Department should give the public an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:22 PM

A.I. data centers have very evidently, in the past, been harmful to the areas they are located in. With such conditions of disturbances to civilians and wildlife, residences having their bills go up due to the use of resources by these centers, and t...↓

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Comment From: Pieta Bunker Ruiz

7/04/26 @ 3:22 PM

With the droughts and wildfires so prevalent in New Mexico, Project Jupiter will only exacerbate our problems. Instead of focusing on a data center that helps millionaires profit, let's focus on the well being of New Mexico residents. Let's prioritiz...↓

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Comment From: Kuiper Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:22 PM

Why must we aim to destroy what keeps us alive. The earth survived billions of years without us and once we are gone it will continue to live on. It is suffering under our hand. Climate change is moving faster than ever, We need water for food and dr...↓

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Comment From: Leila Edwatds

7/04/26 @ 3:21 PM

I do not consent to this dystopia timeline.
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:21 PM

I live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do I want experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale in my backyard. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's big...↓gest existing fuel cell plant. In fact, worldwide, Bloom Energy has developed 1.4 GW of fuel cell technology across more than a thousand locations, yet Yucca Growth Infrastructure is asking for nearly double that (2.46 GW of fuel cells) at a singular location. The largest fuel cell plant in the entire world is more than 30 times smaller than the fuel cell plant under consideration in Santa Teresa. There is absolutely no way to know, with certainty, what the actual pollution levels will be given the tremendous size differential, and thus gap in data, between operational fuel cell plants and this theoretical plant proposed by Yucca Growth Infrastructure. Betting the livability of our county on this unpredictable and unproven plan would be a total capitulation and betrayal of your so-called values: "protects the public health of New Mexicans...by preventing the deterioration of air quality;" "protect and restore the environment...foster a healthy NM for present and future generations" Though approximations of annual air pollution were provided, the testing used an extremely weak methodology leaving us, ultimately, with pseudoscientific guesses that have large margins of error. Estimated pollution levels for this gas-powered fuel cell plant are based on only three 4-hour pollution tests from a very small unit (only 65 kW). This is a far cry from thousands of sweltering fuel cells operating 24/7 at maximum output in close proximity, all in the scorching heat of our open desert. The lack of rigorous testing at even this small of a scale is lazy and very concerning, especially given that the gas power plant Yucca Growth Infrastructure wants to build is 37,000 times bigger than this unit.

A 15% "safety margin" was added to the numbers provided by the applicant. Safety margins are not usually added if a company is confident in the accuracy of their pollution estimates. Even small variations from this superficial test will result in massively different levels of pollution and given that the plant will be 37,000 bigger than the testing unit, a 15% safety margin is completely insufficient–it could work as a margin for a single unit, but not the entire plant. If a unit has a 0.01% chance of failing (sounds promising right?), the odds of 37,000 of those units working perfectly at the same time is 2.47% (pathetically low feasibility). That means there is a 97.53% chance that the plant will experience at least one failure. What will the exact level of redundancy be? Will more fuel cells be rubberstamped or pollution levels overlooked in five years or less due to age-related inefficiencies? What about cases of catastrophic failure? Are we approving those deadly incidents of pollution in advance without any real data informing us of the risks at this scale? Highly flammable hydrogen under high pressure only needs a microscopic crack to leak out, ignite, explode, and level entire neighborhoods and schools while sending shockwaves into nearby counties. Assuming this risk, an act of gross negligence, at a scale that has never even remotely been demonstrated in practice would be unbelievably careless. These permits must be denied outright. If further deliberation is desired, a public hearing in Santa Teresa is non-negotiable.

"The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism directed at residents of Doña Ana County.
If the permit is not denied outright, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually."

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Comment From: Yessenia Parsons

7/04/26 @ 3:21 PM

Please stop Project Jupiter. When will enough finally be enough? Parts of the Rio Grande have already run dry. Seeing a river that has sustained people, wildlife, and communities for generations disappear in places should break all of our hearts. Tha...↓

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Comment From: Elena Denti

7/04/26 @ 3:21 PM

No to this project.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's h...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:20 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Jade Abrahamson

7/04/26 @ 3:20 PM

Stop the building of the Jupiter data center! Only irreparable harm will occur due to the mass of carbon dioxide exposed annually and who is to deal with it? Those in the surrounding communities who will have to suffer the consequences. The climate c...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:20 PM

Please do not make our environment any worse than it already is. By doing this our future generations will be forced to live in a world full of climate changing and the atmosphere will just continue to get worse. It is already at levels that would ta...↓

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Comment From: Keila Higgins

7/04/26 @ 3:20 PM

AI is a want. Water is a need. Get rid of AI.

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Comment From: Paige Surratt

7/04/26 @ 3:20 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Paige and i'd like to inform you about the risks I am concerned with regarding project Jupiter and the actions it will take upon commencement. I live close to New Mexico over in San Diego. I am submitting this public comme...↓

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Comment From: Mariano Arn

7/04/26 @ 3:20 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Mariano Arn. I am a New Mexico resident, living in Rio Rancho, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico En...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:19 PM

Please do not sacrifice the well-being of communities and wildlife for unwanted and unnecessary data centres. The money spent on this project could rather be invested into the people whose lives will be negatively impacted by unsafe water, noise poll...↓

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Comment From: Illiah blad

7/04/26 @ 3:19 PM

If we let project jupiter happen it will literally destroy our earth. AI uses up millions of gallons of water and if this continues we wont have any water in the next few years

PLEASE dont let this happen. So many people deserve a future, and so do ...↓

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Comment From: Mark Harrison

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

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Comment From: India Beals

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

I am a resident of SF and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure...↓

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Comment From: Camile Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmon
"The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism directed at residents of Doña Ana County.
If the permit is not denied outright, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually."

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Comment From: Alicia Gil

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

This is not good.
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's hist...↓

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Comment From: Shaniyah Washington

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

I like water.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history...↓

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Comment From: Mario Rios

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

I grew up in the valley in Texas, I grew up swimming in the rivers and going out to the woods hunting with my dad. I still have family down in the area, my grandma and grandpa from both sides of my family, cousins, Tios and Tias, and with this data c...↓

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Comment From: Brooke Barringer

7/04/26 @ 3:18 PM

WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT AI. "The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy'...↓

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Comment From: Jazlyn Lopez

7/04/26 @ 3:17 PM

Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclo...↓

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Comment From: Jelina Gutierrez

7/04/26 @ 3:17 PM

I am a resident of the US and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and se...↓cure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.

My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Jasmin Anon

7/04/26 @ 3:17 PM

It'll threaten the communities living there and harm the ecosystem

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application s...↓

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Comment From: Ayana Christopher

7/04/26 @ 3:17 PM

I am a resident of Missouri and Florida and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have...↓

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Comment From: Sarra Saidani

7/04/26 @ 3:16 PM

i want to have a liveable future. Is that too much to ask? The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be ...↓

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Comment From: Diana Nogay

7/04/26 @ 3:16 PM

I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's ...↓

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Comment From: Sofia Ezeocha

7/04/26 @ 3:16 PM

I am signing to help stopping PROJECT JUPITER! . We don't want more ai data centers !! We already only have 3 YEARS to save this planet before the damage we have done is too late to reverse. And this dumb Project Jupiter thing is destroying the eco s...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:15 PM

I am a resident of Florida and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to raise my children here knowing they have a safe and secure futur...↓e. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. This metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, a 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years.
This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? This county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures they have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of. My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Stacy Alvarado

7/04/26 @ 3:15 PM

They are destroying our world for the sake of money and power. "When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned. You will realize that you cannot eat money."

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Comment From: Anika n/a

7/04/26 @ 3:15 PM

This project is very stupid as we are already affected by the dangerous decisions being made by our president who continues to affects the poor and minorities, if not the world. Building this would just risk the Earth and our water supply more than e...↓

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Comment From: Faith Ruiz

7/04/26 @ 3:13 PM

This will be the end of civilization as we know it we need to take action and stop this we will be out of water before we know it we need to end this before it's far to late.
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Comment From: Ashley Cornejo

7/04/26 @ 3:12 PM

Stop project Jupiter. No American asked for this and Americans don't need this. Use our tax dollars for things that are going to help our country.

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Comment From: Jimena Carrillo

7/04/26 @ 3:11 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Jimena Carrillo. I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico Environment Department to reject Yucca Growth Infras...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:11 PM

Stop PROJECT JUPITER! The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's ...↓

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Comment From: Alexa Riccobene

7/04/26 @ 3:10 PM

This would be an absolute disaster for the residents of New Mexico and should not be approved.

"The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air...↓

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Comment From: Akira Soto

7/04/26 @ 3:10 PM

I am a resident of Redlands, California and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have...↓

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Comment From: Addi Kever

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

This project won't only ruin our futures but also the earth. It will dry up the water that we already are struggling with. We are already struggling with climate change and our o zone layer. This will just speed up the process of all of that. Gen Z i...↓

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Comment From: Cailann Marsh

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

STOP THE PROJECT!! IT IS SO BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE ARE THE LAST GENERATION THAT CAN STOP THIS

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Comment From: Holly Lindley

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

Reject big corporations wanting to take land. Fight for future generations to have clean air and water. Money is not important when your grandchildren won't have clean water or air. Fighting for New Mexicos resources should be the highest priority. I...↓

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Comment From: Makyah Robinson

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

No one needs this data center, or any of the recent ones from the last few years. Stop forcing this down the people's throats and put more time into saving the planet.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

Why trust a company that has a history of dumping hazardous waste illegally? Do they have plans to clean up waste in legal ways? This project will consume massive amounts of resources that would be better spent on the surrounding community, also prot...↓

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Comment From: Anais Romero Ledesma

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure future. That future is un...↓der threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.
My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Ashlee butcher

7/04/26 @ 3:09 PM

We do NOT need a new data center! We already have enough! And the people deserve water. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality p...↓

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Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 3:08 PM

I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the g...↓

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Comment From: Samantha Kozel

7/04/26 @ 3:08 PM

I am a resident of Pittsburgh and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe an...↓d secure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of. My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Abigail Hernandez

7/04/26 @ 3:08 PM

Stop project Jupiter!
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
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Comment From: Hannah Donnellan

7/04/26 @ 3:08 PM

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Comment From: Minicai Andaokna

7/04/26 @ 3:07 PM

Please do not let this happen it is going to destroy our ONE earth and all species deserve to live in an habitual and safe one.

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Comment From: David Eddie

7/04/26 @ 3:07 PM

I do NOT support project Jupiter. It is a climate hazard and is a product of corporate greed. This will not benefit communities, not more than it will harm them. Project Jupiter SHOULD BE CANCELLED. Communities do not deserve to be destroyed for mone...↓

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Comment From: Kayla Manlio

7/04/26 @ 3:07 PM

One planet "The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of...↓

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Comment From: Giacomo NA

7/04/26 @ 3:06 PM

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Comment From: Karma anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:06 PM

My family has lived in New Mexico for generations and we've loved being here, we don't want our land, our air and our water taken away for data centers collection. Don't ruin the youths future for short term success. Let the people have water so we c...↓

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Comment From: Lizz Thorne

7/04/26 @ 3:06 PM

Decisions in constructing data centers that will produce noise, air, light, and water pollution should be throughly thought through before making the choice to use citizens resources. The public should have more time, preferably 60+ days, to revise t...↓

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Comment From: Nate Angel

7/04/26 @ 3:06 PM

stop using ai we only have one planet. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
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Comment From: Shananinbah A Pope

7/04/26 @ 3:06 PM

I want my son n his kids to have a future. We don't need data centers on our planet. �
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
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Comment From: Stephen Libicer

7/04/26 @ 3:04 PM

There is no justifiable reason for this project to continue in southern New Mexico. This is an obvious threat to the long-term environmental stability of all of south central New Mexico, considering Bloom Energy's unfavorable history regarding the di...↓

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Comment From: Anysha Hopkins

7/04/26 @ 3:04 PM

We are a desert, we do not need something to take more of our water.

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Comment From: Carla Diaz

7/04/26 @ 3:04 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Carla Diaz . I am a New Mexico resident, living in Rio Rancho, and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico En...↓

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Comment From: Annie Lin

7/04/26 @ 3:03 PM

there's so many things wrong with this. we do not need ai to survive, we can live perfectly fine. if you can't comprehend that then your too far gone.
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Comment From: Vickie Morrow

7/04/26 @ 3:03 PM

I oppose Project Jupiter and their air permit application.

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Comment From: Aliah Munoz

7/04/26 @ 3:03 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance.

We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence.

Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Jennifer Pierce

7/04/26 @ 3:02 PM

I am opposed to this project. The air quality will be affected negatively in an area where the air quality fails to meet National air quality Standards. It would release toxic chemical pollutants and 10 million tons of carbon dioxide into our air. Th...↓

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Comment From: Debbie M

7/04/26 @ 3:02 PM

Many companies have started to use ai and slowly destroy our land. People who live near these ai data centers, are having to use polluted water and have their peace disturb due to the loud noise it's causing. Your home should be somewhere safe and a ...↓

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Comment From: Emery Conley

7/04/26 @ 3:01 PM

I am a resident of Indiana and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality per...↓mit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.

My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism directed at residents of Doña Ana County.
If the permit is not denied outright, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually.

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Comment From: Eniyah NA

7/04/26 @ 3:01 PM

WE DO NOT WANT DATA CENTERS

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 3:01 PM

Communities all over have been dealing with the damage that data centers have been causing. It's not a secret that data centers just like this one is doing much more harm than good to our planet and our people all for some millionaires to make more m...↓

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Comment From: Alex Wilder

7/04/26 @ 3:00 PM

What's the point of life if we can't enjoy it? The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality permit application should be denied outrig...↓

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Comment From: Michaela Brabcova

7/04/26 @ 3:00 PM

Stop destroying our planet. We need to protect our enviroment if we want to survive. The nature deserves to be treated right. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can pa...↓

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Comment From: Aaliyah Ayanniyi

7/04/26 @ 3:00 PM

I am a resident of Albuquerque and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe a...↓

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Comment From: Jennie grang

7/04/26 @ 3:00 PM

Stop the use of ai and save the ecosystems!

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Comment From: Dhalia Sabar

7/04/26 @ 2:59 PM

This data center would be extremely harmful to the environment, plus we survived fine without AI before. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. ...↓

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Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 2:59 PM

Do NOT approve the project.

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Comment From: Anon anon

7/04/26 @ 2:58 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance.

We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence.

Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Adrienne Foreman

7/04/26 @ 2:58 PM

I'm a resident of Grand Rapids, MI and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a sa...↓

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Comment From: Payton Breedlove

7/04/26 @ 2:58 PM

STOP USING OUT RESOURCES FOR YOUR DUMB DATA SHIT YOU DUMB FUCKS
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application shoul...↓

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Comment From: Jade Luster

7/04/26 @ 2:58 PM

For starters, there is no safe way to build the date center. No matter the technology. The risks and concerns are still in effect. I want to make it absolutely clear, again, no matter the technological changes the data center has no right to be in an...↓

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Comment From: Anon Anon

7/04/26 @ 2:58 PM

Project Jupiter is going to worsen climate change plus it's a waste of drinking water.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
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Comment From: Braedon Roberts

7/04/26 @ 2:57 PM

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste.

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Comment From: Lauren Felt

7/04/26 @ 2:57 PM

I live in Dona Ana County, I do not want this data center. It will do irreversible damage to our environment. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equita...↓

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Comment From: SaRiah carter

7/04/26 @ 2:56 PM

We DON'T need AI what we need is our water to survive and for future generations to come but that CAN'T happen WITHOUT water!!

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Comment From: Anon Anon

7/04/26 @ 2:56 PM

I object the Jupiter project.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom ...↓

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Comment From: Avery Ten Haken

7/04/26 @ 2:56 PM

The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, a 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme ...↓

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Comment From: Linley McEvers

7/04/26 @ 2:56 PM

Data centers are the most detrimental thing to our environment. my future kids deserve clean water and fresh air, as do everyone else's. the people who are living right now and working, paying taxes, fighting our wars, and making our decisions; they ...↓

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Comment From: Selah Peterson

7/04/26 @ 2:55 PM

I will die before I live in a world without proper fresh water and nature. When all the water is gone what will we do? Everything will collapse and all for money they don't need. The people closer to this monstrosity don't even want it either, deny t...↓

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Comment From: Ambrielle Wilkerson

7/04/26 @ 2:55 PM

Things like these affect the future that my generation has to live through and attempt to survive. Past generations have already heavily affected our planets ecosystematical health and it's projects like these that will further the damage already don...↓

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Comment From: Kyle Irvin

7/04/26 @ 2:55 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER!
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's ...↓

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Comment From: Trinity Brooks

7/04/26 @ 2:55 PM

My name is Trinity Brooks I am a United Stated citizen and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New Mexico Environment Department to reject Yucca...↓

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Comment From: Leenah Ragoonan

7/04/26 @ 2:54 PM

these AI data centers are taking up all of the fresh water WE NEED TO SURVIVE and is speeding up climate change. PROJECT JUPITER will cause tons and tons of carbon dioxide to be emitted in our atmosphere destroying our ozone layer therefore speeding ...↓

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Comment From: Paige Alexander

7/04/26 @ 2:54 PM

I am a resident of Bernalillo County, and I'm writing today to ask you to deny this permit. Out of state corporations like these do not have our community's best interests at heart. This benefits THEM ONLY while sacrificing the quality of life in NM ...↓

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Comment From: Melissa Loza

7/04/26 @ 2:53 PM

I am a resident of Riverside and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and...↓ secure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, a 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of. My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Addyson Buckley

7/04/26 @ 2:53 PM

Project Jupiter is unnecessary it is not needed for survival at all and it is absolutely ruining our planet. There is no point of it being made, we've lived without AI for so long and we don't need it. It harms the earth and has little to no benefits...↓

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Comment From: Lane smith

7/04/26 @ 2:53 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazar...↓

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Comment From: Ace Brooks

7/04/26 @ 2:53 PM

Data centers serve no purpose on our planet, they suck up our resources, raise our bills, kill hundreds and thousands of animals, noise pollution, I mean seriously people are we trying to kill the planet that helps us survive? Because earth can 100% ...↓

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Comment From: Cyrus Palmer

7/04/26 @ 2:52 PM

Project Jupiter is terrible. We cannot just build onto sensitive ecosystems without a care for the environment or the species that are in it. We don't need to let our greed overtake our morals and what we know is correct deep down.

"The public shoul...↓

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Comment From: Ciera Va

7/04/26 @ 2:52 PM

This is wrong and we should stop before all of our forests are gone. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application ...↓

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