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          "title": "How we reported the story about emissions from data center generators - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
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          "title": "Hermiston clears the way for data center industry - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/10/hermiston-oregon-data-center-amazon-eastern-ai-technology-power/",
          "publisher": "Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
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        {
          "title": "Amazon Expanding Data Centers In NE Oregon, Reaping Massive Tax Breaks - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
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          "title": "Oregon Department of Environmental Quality: Air Contaminant Discharge Permits (Amazon Data Services Inc., Umatilla County)",
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          "title": "Why data centers pose an outsized threat to Eastern Oregon’s air quality - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
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