Billion-dollar corporations are poisoning our air and draining our water — then handing the bill to local communities. They choose old, dirty technology because they don’t have to breathe what they produce. We do. Here’s how we fight back.
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Mississippi-based Aluminum Dynamics wants to melt and recast aluminum scrap on the banks of the last free-flowing river in the American Southwest — 388 gallons per minute from the groundwater, less than a half-mile from a school, across from a nursing home. They got the permit because they picked a low-income rural town that didn’t have the political muscle to stop them. Not anymore.
OpenAI and Oracle want $165 billion in public bonds to build a massive AI data center in Santa Teresa, NM — powered by two private gas-fired microgrid plants that, combined, would emit as many greenhouse gases as New Mexico’s two largest cities. To avoid stricter review, they split the project across two separate permits. 7,155 New Mexicans objected. A public hearing is now required — use your voice before July 21, 2026.
Fifteen New Mexico credit unions — member-owned, federally tax-exempt cooperatives — quietly funneled member deposits into secret executive retirement plans (SERPs) through Bank-Owned Life Insurance policies. No member vote. No disclosure. One institution placed 24% of all member equity into executive insurance. The overdraft fees charged to teachers, nurses and retirees living paycheck to paycheck funded these CEO windfalls.
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These are billion-dollar companies that choose to use outdated, dirty designs — not because clean alternatives don’t exist, but because they’re cheaper when your community pays the health cost. Modern scrubber technology, renewable power, and water-efficient cooling exist. They just don’t want to spend the money. So they build in low-income rural towns, split their permits, and walk away. We’re keeping the ledger.
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How a Mississippi company chose a rural Arizona town on the San Pedro River after being rejected elsewhere.
Source New Mexico — Mar 20267,155 public comments forced NMED to hold a public hearing. Decision pushed to July 21, 2026.
ADEQ.gov — Official PermitOfficial permit documentation from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality — read what they actually filed.
Template DocumentReady-to-use speaking notes and formal objection letters for your local commission or regulatory hearing.
Science & Environmental Health NetworkPFCs from aluminum smelting are linked to childhood asthma and arthritis in women — and persist for thousands of years.
Clean Air Act BasicsYour rights under the Clean Air Act to comment, request hearings, and challenge final permit decisions.
Mississippi-based Aluminum Dynamics, Inc. (ADI) proposes a 200-acre, 174,000 sq ft aluminum recycling facility in Benson, Arizona — on the banks of the San Pedro River, the last free-flowing river in the American Southwest. The facility melts aluminum scrap and casts it into recycled aluminum for an out-of-state mill. ADEQ issued a proposed final air quality permit in December 2025. Aluminum Dynamics was previously rejected by Gila Bend, AZ, and then targeted Benson — a lower-income rural community.
Acoma LLC is developing a massive AI data center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico (Doña Ana County), backed by $165 billion in county bonds for OpenAI and Oracle. It needs its own power — so the developer applied for air quality permits for two private gas-fired microgrid power plants. They split the project across two permit applications to stay below the threshold that triggers stricter environmental review. A public hearing is now required — decision deadline: July 21, 2026.
Credit unions are member-owned, federally tax-exempt cooperatives. They pay zero federal income tax because they are supposed to exist solely for members’ benefit. Fifteen New Mexico credit unions instead purchased SERPs (Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans) funded through Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) products — recording them in NCUA filings under account code 798E. Policies were taken out on executives, funded with member capital, designed to pay executives tax-free retirement income worth millions. No member voted. No disclosure was made at any of the 15 institutions.
The capital came from overdraft fees, NSF charges, and penalty fees — assessed disproportionately against members living paycheck to paycheck. The member who overdrafts $12 and pays a $35 fee. Charged again Thursday. To tens of thousands of members, year after year. That revenue was funneled into executive retirement accounts. The board of directors approved every single one — in closed executive session, with no member notice.