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Yeah that’s a bullshit justification. Your efficiency is not a trade secret and a community deserves to know the impact.

Noticeably they initially shared this info and then stopped. It seemed to stop around the time researchers started investigating the projects.

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It’s already permitted and operating. Presumably they want the $XX million tax rebates, which haven’t yet been paid out according to this article. Maybe that’s the case in other places too.

Why not get people riled up over water under the bridge and not unpaid rebates? What can anybody do about it? Send the sheriff to lock out the facility?

Sorry but large companies forcing NDAs with public servants does not fly.

Absolutely. That shouldn't even be legally possible outside of very narrowly scoped defense contracts.

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