The massive Project Jupiter faces another delayed permitting proceeding. Meanwhile, Oracle exes flew in this week to provide an update on construction.
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Ethics complaint alleges GOP Rep. Nicole Chavez has improper ties to Project Jupiter
Chavez is facing an investigation into her ties to Project Jupiter — through both her role in the Legislature and her husband’s lobbying work.
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Report: Southern New Mexico congressional district one of the fastest-warming
The analysis released by Climate Matters found New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District warmed by 4.8 degrees from 1970 to 2025.
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Environment Department emails raise questions about Project Jupiter emissions
Staff with the state agency noted some pollutant concentration estimates doubled in recent modeling of emissions for the data’ center’s fuel cell plant.
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El Paso and New Mexico set ambitious climate goals. Their plans didn’t account for massive new data centers
This article is co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune as part of an initiative to report on local control of government. Last December, New Mexico officials celebrated publication of a plan to address climate change, designed to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A few months later, just across the state […]
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New Mexico farmers say rising fuel costs, drought pinching operations
Farmers and ranchers spoke at a roundtable in Corrales on Tuesday about how higher fuel costs are impacting them.
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Dearth of water, then deluge: Hatch chiles take hit from weather extremes
A levee breach close to the outlet of the Rio Grande near Hatch caused catastrophic flooding that also devastated pecan orchards.
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Oracle to consider delivering natural gas by truck to Project Jupiter
Oracle is exploring truck delivery of natural gas to fuel Project Jupiter’s data center in Santa Teresa due to pipeline delays, a strategy already used at their Salt Lake City site.
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Trump administration says it’s waiving New Mexico water law to keep using disputed wells for border wall
The Office of the State Engineer intends to fight the federal government’s purported waiver of New Mexico water laws.
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How feds respond over disputed wells for border wall in New Mexico
The Doña Ana County Commission unanimously voted to terminate County Manager Scott Andrews — who had signed nondisclosure agreements with developers behind the massive and controversial Project Jupiter data center — without cause July 21.
