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

Comment From: Kenny hyden

7/04/26 @ 2:27 PM

I can no longer stand idley watching our beutiful forests, our great waters, and our amazing planet be destroyed and taken advantage of by these ai data centers. I just want these people to imagine themselves as an animal with the sounds these center...↓

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Comment From: Renee none

7/04/26 @ 2:26 PM

The world is already ending. This is the last thing we need speeding up the process. Ai is not a necessity, it's a want. And we do not want these data centers being built. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the ...↓

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Comment From: Addison Lee

7/04/26 @ 2:26 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: Keith Morton

7/04/26 @ 2:25 PM

I oppose Project Jupiter and their permit application. We cannot drink data.

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Comment From: Zoe Gwynn

7/04/26 @ 2:25 PM

Fuck 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's history of i...↓

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Comment From: Sam Simmons

7/04/26 @ 2:25 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.

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: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:25 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER! we do not need data centers and we never did before to survive. You are taking away resources people need to survive for your own selfish needs. Only when the last drop of water has been dried up will you realize you can not dri...↓

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Comment From: Artur Górecki

7/04/26 @ 2:25 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 outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dum...↓

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Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 2:24 PM

Hello im writing to make you aware of the impact this data centre will have on local endangered wildlife species and the vital habitat loss and potential extinction this project may cause. Data centres admit noise and pollution 24/7 which poisons the...↓

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Comment From: Hailey Hallett

7/04/26 @ 2:24 PM

I don't want our planet to end sooner than it needs to. The health of the public and nature is in danger.

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Comment From: Adam Burnett

7/04/26 @ 2:24 PM

This seems like a very bad idea. We already have air quality issues from fires, cars, current pollution, etc. this is too much and will make nm unsafe to live in. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quali...↓

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Comment From: Jasmine Viruel

7/04/26 @ 2:23 PM

Take action. This will affect us all at some point, and we won't be able to turn back. It only takes five minutes of everyone's time. Do your part. "The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so c...↓

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Comment From: Anon anon

7/04/26 @ 2:23 PM

We need to stop putting government money towards outrageous and harmful projects such as building data centers. There is so many more beneficial outcomes that could happen if we put money towards saving our planet and ecosystems. We do NOT want anymo...↓

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Comment From: Nova Begin

7/04/26 @ 2:23 PM

I strongly oppose this project and this permit!

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Comment From: Emily Kau

7/04/26 @ 2:23 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 outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dum...↓

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Comment From: Nicolas Navarro

7/04/26 @ 2:23 PM

As a resident of New Mexico, I strongly oppose Project Jupiter and urge decision-makers to reject it.
The jobs this project promises are temporary, but its consequences for our communities, water resources, wildlife, and landscape could last for gene...↓

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Comment From: Mae Rhodes

7/04/26 @ 2:22 PM

WE THE PEOPLE DO. NOT. WANT. AI. Nor do we need it. Data centers this big are RUINING our planet no matter how much you try to sweep it under the rug. LISTEN TO YOUR PEOPLE. This data center is SO dangerous for the air quality and the carbon emission...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:22 PM

I hope me and the others signing this petition lead to the elimination of this data center. If this data center is put up the people around it, the animals that use this space, and water in the area will all be affected more than global warming has a...↓

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Comment From: Lana Bell

7/04/26 @ 2:22 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, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme...↓

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Comment From: Tmyah Crawforde

7/04/26 @ 2:22 PM

I am a resident of Birmingham 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.

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: Louisa Cheek

7/04/26 @ 2:21 PM

Water is a precious resource that we cannot sacrifice for unnecessary things such as data centers

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:21 PM

Project Jupiter will be a horrific disaster to our planet and lives. This project is extreme environmental racism, an issue residents already suffer from. Bloom Energy has a documented history of illegally dumping waste with zero regard for people, a...↓

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Comment From: Nov Suleiman

7/04/26 @ 2:21 PM

I am a resident of California and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. These centers will release 10 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is double or triple the amount released from other major power ...↓

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Comment From: Nancy Begin

7/04/26 @ 2:21 PM

Please do not approve this permit, the project is terrible for our county and state. This level of concentrated pollution will be devastating to our community! PJ has shown they have no respect for the people who live here.

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Comment From: Mikayla Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:20 PM

This is absolutely horrible for the earth! We need to be thinking about all life on the planet, not just ourselves. The world is changing so quickly and this is feeding those changes. We can live without this. We should be helping the earth and other...↓

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Comment From: Daniella Vargas

7/04/26 @ 2:20 PM

While I am a resident of Cape Coral, Project Jupiter is barely the beginning for the mass depletion of clean drinking water in the U.S. as AI Data Centers uses billions of freshwater annually to cool down their servers. Although AI is seen as the fut...↓

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Comment From: Araeya Rounsaville

7/04/26 @ 2:20 PM

I am a resident of Valley Center Kansas and am worried about the major negative impact this project will cause to me, the people I care about, and the planets well-being. This project is far from necessary and very dangerous for the environment, incl...↓uding humans, animals, plants, and overall wildlife. Not only will this increase hazardous risks to the environment, but will increase climate change and make it worse than the harm it has already caused. Society has survived many years without major data centers and I don't believe that should change any time soon because of this careless project and other projects that have already been followed through on. The heat that climate change has caused has become extremely dangerous for humans and wildlife and will only get worse from here if we continue with building major, unnecessary data centers. It is important that Project Jupiter is not followed through due to the everlasting impacts it will have on our planet. The changes it will cause are irreversible and will lead to everlasting consequences for humans and wildlife's well-being. 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. 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: Addison Hoeft

7/04/26 @ 2:19 PM

I have been born and raised in rural South Dakota. This place is my home and my heart. Data centers threaten my beautiful home state every day. I cannot imagine a benefit so great from a data center that it is worth tearing away the natural beauty of...↓

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Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 2:19 PM

I urge NMED to completely reject YUCCA yucca growth infrastructure, LLC's air permit application for the YGI Microgrid. I also ask the department to please hold a bilingual public hearing near the Santa Teresa community, so residents can learn about ...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:19 PM

Dear NMED staff, 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 Infrastructure, LLC's air permit a...↓

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Comment From: Ava Rose Van de Velde

7/04/26 @ 2:19 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER! We don't need yet another useless data center that only further jeopardises the survival of humanity. This is just another cash grab for millionaires and billionaires which we absolutely cannot have.
The public should be given a...↓

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Comment From: Emma Woody

7/04/26 @ 2:18 PM

I am a resident of Nashville and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit in order to protect communities and environments nationally and internationally. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality pe...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:18 PM

Project Jupiter is unnecessary and destructive to the habitat and communities around it. Stop building AI data centers, our water supply is in enough crisis without them popping up everywhere.

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Comment From: Sofia Flores

7/04/26 @ 2:17 PM

My name is Sofia and I live in El Paso, Texas. As a community built by the Rio Grande, a large Data Center such as this one will suck New Mexico's and nearby communities resources dry. The energy needed to power something like this alone would raise ...↓

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Comment From: Coen Richardson

7/04/26 @ 2:17 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. 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 defilment of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Lexera Castle

7/04/26 @ 2:17 PM

I object to 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 En...↓

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Comment From: Abigail Carr

7/04/26 @ 2:17 PM

I am a 15 yr old with a strong opinion and I understand the severity of building a new non-beneficial water wasting data center while our Rio Grande River is dried. This has no benefits for the people , what about our water ? What about the land? Wha...↓

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Comment From: Ale NA

7/04/26 @ 2:17 PM

I am a resident of the 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 secur...↓e 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: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:16 PM

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.

The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom ...↓

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Comment From: Matthew Begin

7/04/26 @ 2:16 PM

I am deeply opposed to this permit application!

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Comment From: Olivia Green

7/04/26 @ 2:15 PM

STOP project Jupiter

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.

The air quality permit application should be denied...↓

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Comment From: Annaliesa Jimenez

7/04/26 @ 2:15 PM

I am a resident of this earth. PROJECT JUPITER will put out more carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, an atmosphere which is already exposed to carbon dioxide levels causing climate change, ocean acidification, and general pollution. PROJECT JUPITER w...↓

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Comment From: Kimberly Cooper

7/04/26 @ 2:15 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 defilment of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Raven coste

7/04/26 @ 2:14 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 outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal du...↓

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Comment From: Zoey Tafoya

7/04/26 @ 2:14 PM

As a lifelong New Mexican I strongly oppose Project Jupiter and any future data centers that may try to be built/operated in New Mexico. Our air, water, and land are all so precious and must be protected. Data centers and AI are a direct threat to th...↓

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Comment From: Isabel n/a

7/04/26 @ 2:14 PM

I am a resident of Calgary Alberta and although I may not live in a an area directly affected by project Jupiter I still feel the need to help those living nearer stop it. Project Jupiter is an unnecessary waste of resources and doesn't benefit anyon...↓

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Comment From: Bruce Begin

7/04/26 @ 2:14 PM

I am strongly opposed to this project and air permit.

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Comment From: Mireya Ramirez

7/04/26 @ 2:14 PM

I am a resident of Santa Fe and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue living in a community that is safe from more environmental ...↓pollutants. 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. It will add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone which will jeopardize the health of the community members. 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. 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. Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic with fines being the only consequence. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage to our air, water, and soil or the health issues us residents will face after the damage is done. The cycle of this company paying fines after illegally dumping shows that paying fines isn't enough of a consequence to stop them. Why are we allowing an out of state operation to impose a data center NM residents never asked for? The residents will be dealing with the consequences, not the people who own the company. What gives them the right to put our people and our environment at risk? The chemicals that will be released will have long term health implications on everyone in our communities. 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. Please put an end to this data center. Create strict safety measures with real consequences (like not being able to continue building or operating if they fail to meet the safety guidelines). We the people do not want this data center in out backyard. Clearly the out of state operation didn't want it in their own backyard so what gives them the right to put it in ours? There are reports of both animals and people suffering from the low frequency sounds coming from data centers and impacting their health. Please do not ignore our lives for profit.

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Comment From: Chloe Perie

7/04/26 @ 2:13 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER IF YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO LIVE AND YOUR GRANDKIDS TO LIVE AND SAVE THIS PLANET. WE ONLY HAVE ONE! STOP BEING MONEY HUNGRY!

New Mexico Environment Department should give the public an additional 60 days to review and comment on th...↓

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Comment From: Piper Jack

7/04/26 @ 2:13 PM

I believe our world can do fine without AI. We do not need 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...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:13 PM

Please do not ruin our current ecosystem and environment. My understanding of this project is that it will lead to more concerns for the individuals near the area, pollute the environment for unreasonable outcomes, and create issues for the future ge...↓

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Comment From: Addie Delane

7/04/26 @ 2:13 PM

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Comment From: Bella Dossey

7/04/26 @ 2:12 PM

This will not only ruin the entire environment and community of New Mexico, but is the beginning of the end of an AI takeover. These projects are funded by billionaires who will not have to live in the future they are ruining. The public should be gi...↓

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Comment From: Oliver Denmore

7/04/26 @ 2:12 PM

I am a resident of USA 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 secur...↓e 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: Mary Crosier

7/04/26 @ 2:12 PM

The permit should be denied given Blooms reputation for illegal dumping & a hearing held for further review of environmental impact

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Comment From: Gwyneth Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:11 PM

I have friends who live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do they 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 tha...↓n Bloom Energy's biggest 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.

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.

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: Molly n/a

7/04/26 @ 2:11 PM

I'm scared for my future. 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: Lucius Frost

7/04/26 @ 2:11 PM

We are sick of data centers! You take the water from the people, resources from the people and future homes for the people and what about the animals those whom no longer have homes those whom also can't drink like us. We don't want more ai. Leave ai...↓

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Comment From: Ruika Yashimoto

7/04/26 @ 2:11 PM

AI IS THE WORST. We only have one planet, and all AI, but especially generative AI puts our planet in jeopardy. Screw data centres and let's prioritize the environment! The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air...↓

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Comment From: Jason Begin

7/04/26 @ 2:11 PM

I STRONGLY oppose this horrid project and their permit application. This company has not shown itself to be capable of operating in an honest, open way. There are no assurances that this project will be safe or sustainable. The petition process has b...↓

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Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 2:11 PM

I'd like to live a long, happy life. If the planet is in shambles, I will not have that. Shouldn't we be given more time? Maybe 60 more days to review? This is a big deal.

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Comment From: Neve Driscoll

7/04/26 @ 2:10 PM

Project Jupiter is a threat to our nation and the land it is built on. We do not need it. We do not want it. We are concerned. The air quality is already deteriorating without this monstrosity, we don't need to add more fuel to the fire.

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Comment From: Levi Jackson

7/04/26 @ 2:10 PM

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Comment From: Violet Murphy

7/04/26 @ 2:09 PM

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 permi...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 2:08 PM

For our environment, for our future, please stop the building of this data center. The impact it will have on our ecosystem will speed up global warming, animal extinction, and water droughts near by. We do not need this data center and we do not wan...↓

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Comment From: Brianna Bautista

7/04/26 @ 2:08 PM

This should NOT be built. It is a danger not only the the wildlife and nature, but to us as humans as well. This will take millions of water away from the people who need it. Water that he already limited as is. Please re think this decision.

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Comment From: Gregory James

7/04/26 @ 2:08 PM

These ai data centers must be destroyed. 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 gi...↓

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Comment From: Kaylee Byers

7/04/26 @ 2:07 PM

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Comment From: Isla Campanaro

7/04/26 @ 2:05 PM

I ask you reject project Jupiter.

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Comment From: Lyn n/a

7/04/26 @ 2:05 PM

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Comment From: Rowan Knowlton

7/04/26 @ 2:04 PM

It's already too hot to go outside. This data center will kill us all.

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Comment From: Gia Barajas

7/04/26 @ 2:03 PM

I am a resident of Santa Teresa nm and I am BEGGING that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. Ive lived here for about almost six years calling this our permanent home until 2024 is when our water supply had issues effecting our...↓

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Comment From: Landen Allen

7/04/26 @ 2:03 PM

This should not be happening, not in a million years. Save the environment we do not need ai. Save the water we do not need ai. Save the polar bears we do not need ai.

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Comment From: Cecilia Madera

7/04/26 @ 2:03 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER

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Comment From: Teddy Tenorio

7/04/26 @ 2:03 PM

Earth over profit. AI does not improve our quality of life. It takes resources we are already scarce to share.

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Comment From: Svitlana Dorohan

7/04/26 @ 2:02 PM

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Comment From: Quincy Smith

7/04/26 @ 2:02 PM

I am a resident of NJ 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, 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: Ty Fuller

7/04/26 @ 2:02 PM

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Comment From: Alexa Waldhoff

7/04/26 @ 2:01 PM

Bloom Energy's air quality permit application should denied, if the permit is not denied a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa. The public should receive an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit. Approving thi...↓

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Comment From: Kylie Scott

7/04/26 @ 2:00 PM

Project Jupiter is ABSOLUTELY disgusting and needs to be stopped this data center is going to ruin what clean air and water we have left their is SO much evidence of how AI and data centers ruin the environment and earth on top of what has already be...↓

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Comment From: Diane Jones

7/04/26 @ 2:00 PM

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Comment From: sal burracho

7/04/26 @ 1:59 PM

I am a resident of texas and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. If you add this rio grandes biome will be destroyed not only that it will admit 10 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. Think about how many ...↓

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Comment From: Zoie Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:59 PM

We cannot keep building these data centers let alone build a huge one. We are humans are extremely destructive creatures, but I never thought that I would get this bad. They aren't thinking about future generations. They're only thinking about themse...↓

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Comment From: Laynee Royland

7/04/26 @ 1:59 PM

We don't need anymore data centers, let alone tus ginormous one that is literally going to kill the United States. We need an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit.

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Comment From: coco n/a

7/04/26 @ 1:58 PM

AI IS DISGUSTING

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Comment From: Marciana Calderero

7/04/26 @ 1:58 PM

This project is NOT necessary. It does more harm than good. Humans have lived years without ai, we can continue to.

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Comment From: Isabella Schlueter

7/04/26 @ 1:58 PM

Why does the government think we need more data centers even tho we have all stated either limiting to not even using Ai. What does this even solve nothing because all they want is to see the planet suffer for example they're trying to build data cen...↓

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Comment From: Lee McGuire

7/04/26 @ 1:57 PM

I oppose Project Jupiter because I believe the long-term risks to New Mexico outweigh the short-term economic promises.

New Mexico is one of the driest states in the country. Water is our most precious resource, yet a project of this scale places ad...↓

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Comment From: Sendilkumat Akhil

7/04/26 @ 1:57 PM

The proposed data center is an absolute climate disaster that relies on already depleted water sources. It will only be a burden to the community and impact the health and wellbeing for residents in exchange for virtually no value.

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Comment From: Leigha Gill

7/04/26 @ 1:57 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. extreme heat leads to electrolyte imbalances. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. W...↓

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Comment From: Lauren Distler

7/04/26 @ 1:57 PM

Nobody wants this project to happen. Ordinary people don't stand to benefit, why would we support this? Why would NMED allow this? When I worked at NMED there were people working there that actually cared about sustainable water supplies and clean ai...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:57 PM

Trump sucks Ahh

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 histo...↓

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Comment From: Sunshine Avila

7/04/26 @ 1:56 PM

I just want a safe and healthy environment

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:56 PM

Stop project Jupiter. Protect the land and animals. 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 ...↓

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Comment From: Amber Hanley

7/04/26 @ 1:55 PM

I am a 15 year old resident of Washington state 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 future 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 year, a 14 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the courtyard at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My uncle works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. Families can barely pay 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 is anyone supposed to send their 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: Ecrin-Nur n/a

7/04/26 @ 1:55 PM

We need to protect our planet. The planet doesn't need us. We need the 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 a...↓

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Comment From: Chelsea A

7/04/26 @ 1:55 PM

STOP BUILDING AI DATA CENTERS. Nobody needs AI nor wants their data to be sold for profit. WE NEED THIS TO BE PUT TO A STOP!!!! Stop destroying our communities and our country and our environment.

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Comment From: Sophia Davis

7/04/26 @ 1:55 PM

This data center can not be built. This could permanently destroy ecosystems, killing so man living creatures that one may not certain think about. With the release of carbon dioxide, sea levels will rise. Animals will die and coastal cities will beg...↓

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Comment From: Aleyna seney

7/04/26 @ 1:54 PM

Actions like these needs to stop in order for further generations to have access to fresh air, water, and still be able to see the worlds beauty without it being ai. Ai has taken over real art.

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Comment From: Syrenity Berry

7/04/26 @ 1:54 PM

STOP AI USE

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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