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El Paso might get a new data center, but it wants to run on natural gas, and people are worried about the pollution. This could mean more smog and a bigger climate change impact right in our backyard.
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Rising — being discussed more frequently. 1 mention in the last 30 days, 1 the 60 before.
While the data center could bring jobs, the long-term health and environmental costs of burning natural gas are a big question mark.
The company building the data center stands to profit, and maybe we'll see some new jobs, but that's about it.
Everyone in El Paso could suffer from worse air quality and the ongoing effects of climate change.
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