“This does add to our greenhouse gas emissions in a massive way,”
Two power plants for Oracle and Meta could emit 10 million tons a year. The entire region put out 8.4 million in 2019. Texas approved Meta’s permit in 20 days without asking for a single greenhouse gas estimate. New Mexico wrote a loophole in 2025 that exempts private microgrids from its clean energy rules. Years of climate planning, erased by a permit nobody read.