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Jul 12, 07:04 AM

1/3 www.instagram.com/reel/DalxUP9... A noteworthy video filmed at El Paso Electric’s Montana Power Station. Utilizing a Flir Opitcal Gas Imaging camera, ecologist @falcochuck was able to show just how much gas is continually released into the air by the power plant. The camera shows the partial

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"So I'm currently on the far east side of El Paso, here at the power plant, and just wanted to show you guys what's going on out here. And hydrocarbons are invisible, but our camera is calibrated to visualize toxins, these types of toxins. So we can see methane and CO2, other volatile organic compounds that are harmful to human health, harmful to the planet. Again, as you can see, you can't see anything. I'm going to switch this over to high sensitivity mode, which actually makes it a little bit easier to see the pollutants. So this is what's being released into your ear, El Paso. And it's also why you have to keep fighting the data centers, because they're going to do the same thing. We know because we document those facilities as well."

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Memo @memo77.bsky.social · Jul 10, 04:02 PM

1/3 www.instagram.com/reel/DalxUP9... A noteworthy video filmed at El Paso Electric’s Montana Power Station. Utilizing a Flir Opitcal Gas Imaging camera, ecologist @falcochuck was able to show just how much gas is continually released into the air by the power plant. The camera shows the partial

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