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New Mexico students walk out of classes to protest data centers, US Sen. Heinrich’s permitting bill

States Newsroom · October 27, 2026

Hundreds of students from New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque — some donning Halloween costumes — walked out of classes Tuesday and joined protests organized against data centers, pipelines and fossil fuel projects. The protests, organized by Youth United for…

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New Mexico students walk out of classes to protest data centers, US Sen. Heinrich’s permitting bill

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