Join us to learn about Project Jupiter — a 1,000 megaWatt data center fast-tracked in Santa Teresa by Doña Ana County officials. A poorly understood and nontransparent amendment passed by the legislature this year made Project Jupiter possible. Local and state governments are promoting this development while ignoring its water supply, air pollution, and carbon footprint impacts. Hear State Representatives speak out about the betrayal of their communities and the hard truth of finding water in the Lower Rio Grande.
New basin-wide science shows groundwater depletion in New Mexico is already well documented and driven primarily by irrigated agriculture. This long-form analysis explains why the remaining barrier is not science or authority, but the failure to institutionalize groundwater governance.