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

Comment From: Lupe Solís

7/04/26 @ 1:54 PM

We the people want a better future without any harm to us or the planet we live on but with project Jupiter that wont give us the future we want instead it will harm the environment and harm every single thing in it. We don't need planet Jupiter to s...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Corrine McArthur

7/04/26 @ 1:54 PM

We need water and air. We dont need AI. Please protect our land.

No attachments

Comment From: Juno han

7/04/26 @ 1:53 PM

We can't eat money and animals are dying bc of out actions and if that sit right with you then you are a good for nothing piece of trash. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community me...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Kira Goldsmith

7/04/26 @ 1:53 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Wiebke Boeing

7/04/26 @ 1:53 PM

Building a big data center with limited understanding about the real consequences seems like a big mistake. At times, it's challenging to distinguish between fact and fiction. I encourage you to take time, really look at the repercussions this will h...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Hafdís Árdal

7/04/26 @ 1:53 PM

We don't need AI, but we need our planet.

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 applic...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Logan Gregory

7/04/26 @ 1:52 PM

I spent my developing years and years in school without ai. I am TERRIFIED of what my son is going to be taught, who is teaching him, and how his development is going to be. We are destroying our life. FOR A FAKE ONE. WAKE UP.

No attachments

Comment From: Kristina Grujoska

7/04/26 @ 1:52 PM

Polluting the limited drinkable water sources and drying them up completely is not worth it to have some ai that people will use just to ask about their symptoms and what they should do and search up the basic stuff on which we can get answers by ope...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Tokhia Williams

7/04/26 @ 1:51 PM

The public people should be given a review of this project and able to vote on whether it should go into effect.

New Mexico Environment Department should give the public an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so commun...↓

No attachments

Comment From: emma f

7/04/26 @ 1:51 PM

STOP CLIMATE CHANGE. STOP AI. STOP THE DATA CENTERS. 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Alya Jasmin

7/04/26 @ 1:50 PM

We want rivers not DATA CENTERS. 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 Bloo...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Jackson Stauffer

7/04/26 @ 1:50 PM

I am a resident of Salunga 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 s...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Jazmin White

7/04/26 @ 1:50 PM

Please don't let pure greed drive your decision to build this data centre, we need to give back to the planet now more then ever. Building this centre will damage the world more than anyone can justify, please help make a better world for our younger...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Brooklyn Buchanan

7/04/26 @ 1:50 PM

I am a resident of Texas 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 sec...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Raquel Quishpe Zapata

7/04/26 @ 1:50 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.

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.

No attachments

Comment From: Iana Nikulina

7/04/26 @ 1:49 PM

Stop building crap that ruins our ecosystems and kills our planet. We survived without those data centers before and we will survive without them now. These data centers will not prolong our life on earth, but shorten it and make it way harder, causi...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:49 PM

Data centers are everything except positive. They don't benefit anyone, it negatively affects people and anything surrounding the area. Animal habitats are being destroyed, it is polluting the air and water, wasting tons and tons of water, causing so...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Rachel Wynn

7/04/26 @ 1:48 PM

I am a resident of united states 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.

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.

No attachments

Comment From: Lauraina NA

7/04/26 @ 1:48 PM

I do not think ai is useful in anyway, and if climate change happens I'll be very worried about the animals

No attachments

Comment From: Autumn nuña

7/04/26 @ 1:48 PM

WE AS THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THIS DATA CENTER!!!! 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 giv...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Elizabeth Nicodemus

7/04/26 @ 1:48 PM

Hello, I am about to turning 21 in acouple months. I still have my whole life left to live and I want to be able to enjoy my life and the world around me. I want to travel, hike, explore, etc. I want to be able to enjoy the planet we live on. If this...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Jessica Schwen

7/04/26 @ 1:47 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Tara McGuire

7/04/26 @ 1:47 PM

I don't agree with moving forward with Project Jupiter. My greatest concern is not just its immediate impact, but the long-term consequences for New Mexico's future. We already live in a state with fragile ecosystems, limited water resources, and inc...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Caroline Smith

7/04/26 @ 1:46 PM

Communities need the health or their environment and the health of the water to come first, without a healthy humanity there is no point for AI to exist. Soon those towns will become ghost towns as humans cannot function or thrive is the conditions t...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Dorothy Ovitt

7/04/26 @ 1:46 PM

Dear NMED staff, I am a New Mexico resident, living in Albuquerque, 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:46 PM

This world does not need AI. I am terrified by the effects. I am angry that the billionaires and Americas current administration do not care about what will happen to our Earth. They know what will happen and they have absolutely no remorse, no mercy...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Rose Flower

7/04/26 @ 1:46 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Olivia Rowe

7/04/26 @ 1:46 PM

This data center will be EXTREMELY harmful to the environment surrounding it because this plant will release toxic chemical pollutants and 10 MILLION TONS of carbon dioxide into our air. In fact there are schools just miles away, and the children tha...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Arthur Jimenez

7/04/26 @ 1:45 PM

I am opposed to the building of any Data Centers in New Mexico and the USA as a whole. This country has real problems to solve. Data Centers are just new toys for the rich to use to exploit the people. I oppose the building of data centers and I want...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Jacob Brewer

7/04/26 @ 1:45 PM

i have siblings who are more younger than me. how are they supposed to grow up in this world but by 10 years climate change will be so bad we will never be able to come back. What's the reasoning for a data center? Nobody asked for it! Everyone is de...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anon Anon

7/04/26 @ 1:44 PM

Land shouldn't be taken for granted easily.

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 outrigh...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Kayla Gerena

7/04/26 @ 1:44 PM

We shouldn't be taking land from animals for profit, this isn't for the future of AI it's so billionaires can profit while we suffer with the air quality, limited water sources and heat waves, wake up people it was never about benefiting day to day c...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Mya Benton

7/04/26 @ 1:43 PM

We need that water and nature to survive thats all New Mexico has!

No attachments

Comment From: Shania Hernandez

7/04/26 @ 1:43 PM

We lived without AI for so long, why do we need it now? It's not fair to the planet that homes US and would be just fine without us, we need this planets water, we need its resources and by adding this data center we will lose those resources fast, i...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Elvira Anon

7/04/26 @ 1:43 PM

I am writing this with my request to stop Project Jupiter. We struggle with huge global warming and climate changes and this project is a real danger to our planet. A fuel cell plant of this size has never been constructed before. This fuel cell gas ...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Payton Wallace

7/04/26 @ 1:43 PM

Give the public at least 60 days to review and comment about this data center.

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-sp...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Cheyanne Gordon

7/04/26 @ 1:41 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Fátima Michelini

7/04/26 @ 1:41 PM

We survived millions of years without AI, it's not necessary now. It is more important to build hospitals than a data center that does not help humanity at all.

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

No attachments

Comment From: Faith Rodriguez

7/04/26 @ 1:41 PM

Hello, I personally find it inhumane and extremely unethical to use AI let alone build a data center that will release 10 million tons of carbon dioxide into our planets atmosphere and drain our water sources. We've NEVER needed AI, AI is not a neces...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Aaliyah Charles

7/04/26 @ 1:41 PM

I am a resident of SC 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Perry Monroe

7/04/26 @ 1:41 PM

We don't need generative AI. We have lived fine without gen AI for years, we should honestly go back to when it wasn't released to the public. If you think back, things started to go down hill when it was introduced did it not? The environment is alr...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Perry Monroe

7/04/26 @ 1:40 PM

No attachments

Comment From: Mai Tran

7/04/26 @ 1:40 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:39 PM

Project Jupiter as a data center would be environmentally destructive to a severe degree that it would end up affecting not only the water resources in the US, but also global climate. Quite frankly, the planet already has enough climate issues as it...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Cornelie Marchal

7/04/26 @ 1:39 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Charlotte Legrand

7/04/26 @ 1:38 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Nour Raslan

7/04/26 @ 1:37 PM

We do not need data centers. The world has survived long without it. Our planet is in desperate need of a healthy and productive change. Climate Change is real and detrimental. We do not need data centers, nor AI.

The public should be given an addit...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Ginelle Hernandez

7/04/26 @ 1:37 PM

Ai uses so much water just for a single question, and we are running out of fresh drinking water and also going through climate change which is why it has been so hot and it's only going to get hotter so planet Jupiter can cause more climate change. ...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Crawford Pennington

7/04/26 @ 1:37 PM

The world is already filled with pollution. We already reached the limit faster than any of us could've imagined, and this is just like putting salt on these billionaires only concern themselves for when they die, but not the future generations to my...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Phoenix Bristol

7/04/26 @ 1:37 PM

We must stop project Jupiter for our future's safety.

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 deni...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:37 PM

WE DONT NEED A DATA CENTER it's gonna make everyone lose water it's not even good for the environment.

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

No attachments

Comment From: Kayla Taylor

7/04/26 @ 1:35 PM

STOP AI DATA CENTERS. WE DO NOT NEED THEM!!

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 outrigh...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Ty Owens

7/04/26 @ 1:35 PM

We can not afford to allow more data centers to be built, let alone this massive one that is Project Jupiter. The environmental catastrophy that is this trend of generative AI will fall because the people do not want it. Allowing Project Jupiter to b...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anon Anon

7/04/26 @ 1:34 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.

No attachments

Comment From: MIns Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:34 PM

We as people are not meant to rely on AI we are meant to BE the AI. We should not let our brains rot due to the dependency on AI. more data centers not only increases our depends but damages the environment around us a lot quicker than we already are...↓

No attachments

Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 1:34 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Kade McGrath

7/04/26 @ 1:33 PM

Project Jupiter will kill this planet even more. What do you guys expect us to do anymore? If this happens, fuck all the progress we've made. The ozone layer will never recover again.

No attachments

Comment From: Rae Allen

7/04/26 @ 1:32 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Paige Murray

7/04/26 @ 1:32 PM

I do NOT support this!! We do not need data centers! We do not need ai! We need to be planting more trees and cleaning our oceans! Doing this and placing a huge data center will have a huge and significant impact on our nature and environment! The pe...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Asia Beasely

7/04/26 @ 1:30 PM

We need to cut down on 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 Ene...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anon Anon

7/04/26 @ 1:30 PM

I do not support the development of project Jupiter. It is not necessary and unethical behaviour as stewards of the earth

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

No attachments

Comment From: n/a n/a

7/04/26 @ 1:30 PM

Project Jupiter's power plant will release up to 10 million tons of climate-warming greenhouse gasses every year. This would make a mockery of NM's climate goals, and erase most of the climate progress we have made in the last two decades. This is mo...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Emily Alaniz

7/04/26 @ 1:29 PM

I am a resident of San Jose 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 1:29 PM

WE DONT NEED DATA CENTERS!!

No attachments

Comment From: Emily Hosking

7/04/26 @ 1:28 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Reagan Leithead

7/04/26 @ 1:28 PM

This data center can have a huge amount harm for local communities as this will not only cause a depletion in water source but add more to the pollution the communities already have

No attachments

Comment From: Adriana Gonzalez

7/04/26 @ 1:28 PM

Creating this gigantic data center will not benefit anyone, it will only harm us and our planet. This is will also deeply affect, as if it's not already but it will affect so animals and their habitats. This center I'm sure you know, is going to take...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:27 PM

We don't need this. Instead of data centers, why not build housing for the homeless or stores. The public should not have access to generative AI.

No attachments

Comment From: Wyatt Dent

7/04/26 @ 1:26 PM

We don't need ai to live.

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 Ener...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Sebastian Martinez

7/04/26 @ 1:26 PM

Don't let them polite our air

No attachments

Comment From: Angie Laurenn

7/04/26 @ 1:26 PM

We Don't need Ai to be intelligent, Ai should not be on internet in the first place, it's actually Destroying the system and draining our water, please stop this project it's not useful. Think about the children, this project gives them brain fog and...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Serafin Mazparrote

7/04/26 @ 1:25 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 continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and s...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Remi n

7/04/26 @ 1:25 PM

I'm really hoping enough people do this we all need to help. 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 b...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Shanice Somda

7/04/26 @ 1:25 PM

I do not live near the plant nor do i have any family there but from a human to another we cannot continue with this project. I firmly believe people who fund or demand these projects are part of higher society or are part of the higher class in the ...↓wealth gap. Nothing irritates me more than those people destroying lands that aren't theirs for their own monetary benefit. This project is destroying communities and with the amount of carbon emissions released yearly, is killing our future. I am only fifteen, i haven't gotten to experience nor enjoy life enough. I didn't even graduate from high school yet. I have to live on this earth knowing i live with thousands of plants like these killing me, my friends, my family and people i don't even know. You are killing communities, draining their water without anyone's approval other than the only people that won't be affected. These projects are killing minorities that governments don't care to defend. The rich are further insulting groups that had been insulted, discriminated against and colonized, including some communities like Doña Ana, majorly affected by bad air quality which nobody is fixing. Instead of using their money to fix climate change, or help communities, they use it to kill us faster. The air quality won't just harm locals, it will harm the rest of the world quite fast considering the amount of pollution yearly. Huge decisions like these should be voted upon or taken to the public in some way or even, taken to court in an accessible way so that anybody may be able to attend. Please at least let the public have time to review the air quality. As a matter of fact, the air quality permit should be denied because of the company's history of dumping illegal hazardous waste. Consider the pleas of life of your communities and of the world.

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.

No attachments

Comment From: Seren Thorn

7/04/26 @ 1:24 PM

I'd like to let you know, that project Jupiter will kill people. Your forced clientele is going to die if this happens, climate change is our shared disaster and we must stop it. Your data centre will only contribute masses of deaths. The public shou...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Aria Barber

7/04/26 @ 1:23 PM

This is disgusting. Stop this project! People are working to destroy a planet they live on like it won't affect them too! People going into high school and middle schoolers know how harmful this stuff is and grown adults don't?! This needs to stop we...↓

No attachments

Comment From: NA NA

7/04/26 @ 1:23 PM

where is any sort of support for this movement. there isn't any. there is so much backlash, why can't yall listen to the people like the PUBLIC SERVANTS YOU ARE.

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:23 PM

I am a person from England, and though it is not in the US, I stand by the people who are fighting for project Jupiter to not become a thing. It WILL kill the air we breathe. It WILL kill us. We can live without AI. The world can live without us. But...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Kaileigh Hoyes

7/04/26 @ 1:22 PM

You CAN NOT deploy project Jupiter in New Mexico you will destroy our water and air. We as a state already are fighting for water and you will destroy everything here. We are already in a very hot year and you will make everything so much hotter. Do ...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Amelie Longate

7/04/26 @ 1:22 PM

Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism, approving this permit would be killing us ALL. we should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equ...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Alexis Stickroth

7/04/26 @ 1:22 PM

We do not need more data centers, especially one as big as this that's going to harm our earth more than it already has. We do not need the "product" these data centers give. Our water is drying up, our air is getting worse and it's going to continue...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Taz Lueren

7/04/26 @ 1:22 PM

Our world is being destryed due to ai usage and data centers being built in large amounts, ruining our waters, weather, and creative thinking. We dont need billionaires to get richer we need our environment back with safety.

The public should be giv...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Maria Movsesyan

7/04/26 @ 1:21 PM

please stop the damage that the project causes. it is harmful for the environment and for people. the crowd shouldn't be explaining how dangerous it is to the ones who must've been aware of that in the first place.

The public should be given an addi...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Vincent Rodriguez

7/04/26 @ 1:21 PM

I am a resident of Santa Teresa 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.

No attachments

Comment From: Azura Abboud

7/04/26 @ 1:20 PM

don't build this stupid data centre. ai is already bad enough- using tons of water, partly responsible for climate change. do we really need another fucking data centre? even kids have to speak up about what's going on. you can't look at the wildlife...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Ella anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:20 PM

my frontal lobe hasn't developed yet and still knows how stupid this is. water is essential and your causing damage to our earth and us. "us" is including you. "The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Alexandria Bedell

7/04/26 @ 1:20 PM

I want to live in a world where I don't need to over use my AC, where I don't have to see garbage everywhere, where i don't have to fix a problem that shouldn't exist. A.I may have existed for decades, but it's becoming a bigger problem everyday.

Th...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Renan Terra

7/04/26 @ 1:20 PM

ninguém pediu por isso

No attachments

Comment From: Olivia Carrasco

7/04/26 @ 1:20 PM

I am a resident of Chile 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 sec...↓ure 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. Please, I'm just a child, I want to have a future in the planet too.

"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."

No attachments

Comment From: Anneline Varpen

7/04/26 @ 1:19 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Deidra Hill

7/04/26 @ 1:19 PM

WE � DON'T � HAVE � WATER. They are either trying to kill us or create resource scarcity so they can sell us our own river back. This Data Center is a death sentence to our state.

"The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comme...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Angelina Pascutto

7/04/26 @ 1:18 PM

FUCK ai bruh go fuck yourselves

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 Bloo...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Taylor krupiak

7/04/26 @ 1:18 PM

Please do not develop or valuable desert into home of a non needed data center for the rich to get richer off New Mexicos back.

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

No attachments

Comment From: Kimberly Steele

7/04/26 @ 1:18 PM

I am not a resident of New Mexico. But as someone who has basic human decency, I know that it is far more important to prioritize the actual people living in an area. A data center to run AI to think for us has no real long term benefit to the commun...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Kat n/a

7/04/26 @ 1:18 PM

we need to stop using ai and help our ecosystems and make a change before it is too late. The air would become so much hotter and we will be running out of water for what for stupid ai machines

No attachments

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/04/26 @ 1:17 PM

The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. If the permit is not denied, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to partic...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Xander NA

7/04/26 @ 1:17 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...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Eliana Harden

7/04/26 @ 1:17 PM

We do NOT need 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 given Bloom Energy's history of i...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Sarah Eng

7/04/26 @ 1:17 PM

Dear NMED staff, My name is Sarah Eng. I live in Seattle, WA, 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 rejec...↓

No attachments

Comment From: Melissa Gildark

7/04/26 @ 1:16 PM

I strongly oppose Project Jupiter. It will not benefit our community. The jobs it will create are temporary, and will leave thousands jobless after the construction is complete and the it begins operations. It also will be taking water the people and...↓

No attachments

[ Previous Page / Next Page ]