The Watch · Take Action
Before New Mexico decides, here’s what you can do.
You don’t need to be a lawyer or an expert. Every step below is something an ordinary resident can do — and each one has already been done by people in Doña Ana County. Pick one.
Tell NMED what you think — before July 21.
The New Mexico Environment Department decides the air permit, and it takes public comment. It counts: more than 7,000 comments already pushed the decision from April to July. You don’t have to be technical — say who you are, that you’re commenting on the Project Jupiter air-quality permit, and what worries you (water, air, the process). A few honest sentences is a real comment.
Comment through NMED ↗Contact your county commissioners
The Doña Ana County Commission holds the local levers. Ask them to enforce the agreement they signed and to verify the water numbers publicly — the county already declared the project out of compliance once.
Find your commissioner ↗Ask for the records
New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act lets any person request government documents. Some were withheld under a terrorism exemption — you can still ask, and the Foundation for Open Government shows you how.
How to file a records request ↗Share what you’ve found
Every dossier, exhibit, chart, and person on this site has a Share button. Send one thing — a name, a number, a receipt — to a neighbor who hasn’t heard. A watch only works if people keep it.
Explore, then share →Support the reporter
The story survived because one local journalist kept reading the pages after the newspaper folded. Independent reporting is how a news desert grows a witness. Read it, subscribe, pass it on.
Read Haussamen ↗See if your county is next
Doña Ana is one of five named Stargate sites — the same play is running in other counties. Erin Brockovich’s national map shows where data centers are landing near you.
Check the national map ↗Let Project Jupiter be something that connects and unites this community.
Whatever July 21 brings — that part is ours.