Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates
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Estimates suggest that about half of the unpermitted turbines generate 2,500 tons of NOx, 4,000 tons of CO, and 22 tons of formaldehyde every year.
  • pivot_root
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    4 hours ago

    It could be strategic. Pollute the environment in poor communities that can’t afford to fight it until it drives down property value, then buy the property and use it to generate even more profit.