{"id":251982,"date":"2024-06-01T03:57:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T03:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/texas-gigafactory-might-have-an-oft-overlooked-pollution-problem\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T03:57:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T03:57:30","slug":"texas-gigafactory-might-have-an-oft-overlooked-pollution-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/texas-gigafactory-might-have-an-oft-overlooked-pollution-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Gigafactory Might Have An Oft-Overlooked Pollution Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>An article at <em>The Cool Down<\/em> shares the frustrating story of some people who live near Tesla\u2019s Gigafactory near Austin, Texas. The complaint: pollution. But this story isn\u2019t about bad air, bad water, or anything like that. It\u2019s also nothing like the complaints of German environmentalists who\u2019ve been trying every method (legal or otherwise) to shut a gigafactory down. The kind of pollution the man is complaining about is far more sneaky, and only comes in the night.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is so sneaky, in fact, that even Tesla probably doesn\u2019t notice it. Why? Because what they\u2019re doing is completely normal in many places. Common thinking dictates that you need lots and lots of light at night for safety, security, efficiency, and comfort. So, when a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2024\/05\/31\/texas-gigafactory-might-have-an-oft-overlooked-pollution-problem\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! An article at The Cool Down shares the frustrating story of some people who live near Tesla\u2019s Gigafactory near Austin, Texas. The complaint: pollution. But this story isn\u2019t about bad air, bad water, or anything like that. 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