Protect Carbon & Emery Counties: Say NO to Large-Scale Data Centers and Nuclear Reactors
The Issue
We are asking the people of Carbon County, Emery County, and surrounding communities to stand together and make our voices heard:
We do not want large-scale data centers and nuclear reactor developments to become the future of Carbon County or Emery County.
We are calling on the Carbon County Commission, Carbon County Planning Commission, Emery County officials, state officials, federal agencies, and other decision-makers to listen to the residents who live here before supporting or approving these massive industrial developments.
What is being proposed?
Carbon County is facing proposals for developments on a scale that could permanently change our community.
Altigen’s “Jurassic Spark” project proposes a large technology/data-center development east of Wellington, along with significant energy infrastructure.
Valar Atomics’ “Project Beehive” has been publicly described as a proposed development involving approximately 9,000 acres of BLM public land near Price, data centers, and nuclear-related facilities, including 456 small nuclear reactors.
For families who live here, this is not an abstract proposal on a map. This is our community and our home. We are calling on the BLM and other federal agencies to stop this application in its tracks and recognize that public lands should not be sacrificed for massive nuclear reactor and data-center developments. Our public lands belong to the people, and they should remain places where our families can live, recreate, explore, and enjoy Utah—not be permanently transformed into industrial campuses.
These are not ordinary developments. They raise important questions about the future of our water, electricity, roads, air quality, emergency services, agriculture, wildlife, public lands, recreation, property values, and quality of life.
Carbon and Emery Counties Stand Together
We also want to make something very clear:
Carbon County and Emery County are neighbors, and we stand together.
We do not want these projects simply moved across the county line and placed in Emery County instead. If these developments are not appropriate for Carbon County, we do not believe the answer is to put them in Emery County.
We want the people of both counties to stand together and support one another. We are not fighting against each other—we are standing beside each other.
Our message is simple: We do not want large-scale data centers and nuclear reactor developments forced onto either of our communities. We believe the families, farmers, property owners, and residents of both Carbon and Emery Counties deserve a meaningful voice in decisions that could permanently affect our communities.
Carbon County stands with Emery County, and Emery County stands with Carbon County.
This is about our children and our future.
Many of us chose Carbon County because of its open spaces, farms, mountains, public lands, outdoor recreation, and small-town communities.
Our neighboring Emery County shares many of these same qualities.
We want our children to grow up here and enjoy those same things.
We believe Carbon and Emery Counties can pursue economic development without automatically accepting every large industrial project that comes our way.
Before decisions are made, we deserve to understand the full costs, risks, infrastructure demands, and long-term consequences.
We are asking our elected officials to:
1. Listen to the people who live here.
Residents deserve a meaningful opportunity to be heard before major decisions are made.
2. Require thorough review.
Water, energy, air quality, traffic, roads, emergency response, wildlife, agriculture, recreation, environmental impacts, and community impacts must be carefully evaluated.
3. Look at the cumulative impact.
Altigen, Valar, and other proposed industrial developments should not be viewed as completely separate projects when they could collectively place enormous demands on our communities.
4. Protect our water and natural resources.
Carbon and Emery Counties are rural communities with finite resources. Our water and land should not be treated as unlimited.
5. Protect public lands and the character of our communities.
Our public lands belong to the public. They provide places for families to hike, bike, hunt, explore, and enjoy Utah’s incredible landscape.
6. Demand transparency and meaningful public participation.
Residents should receive timely notice and have access to the information needed to participate meaningfully in decisions affecting our communities.
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Two Levels of Government, One Community Voice
We recognize that the proposed Altigen and Valar projects involve different properties, approvals, and levels of government. Our requests are therefore directed to the appropriate decision-makers based on their respective authority.
To Carbon County Officials:
We, the citizens, landowners, agricultural operators, and residents of Carbon County who have signed this petition, formally request that the Carbon County Planning Commission and the Carbon County Board of Commissioners table any further approvals, land-use amendments, rezonings, conditional use permits, or formal endorsements related to the currently proposed Altigen and Valar Atomics data-center and nuclear-energy projects.
We ask that these actions remain tabled until a comprehensive, independent third-party impact assessment has been fully funded, completed, and made publicly available for meaningful community review.
We further request that the findings of that assessment be presented at a dedicated public hearing, with sufficient opportunity for Carbon County residents, property owners, agricultural operators, and other affected community members to review the findings, ask questions, and provide public comment before any further action is taken.
Our community should have the opportunity to understand the full potential impacts of these projects before decisions are made—not after.
To the Bureau of Land Management and Federal Agencies:
We ask the BLM and other appropriate federal agencies to stop the Project Beehive application from advancing and to carefully consider whether converting thousands of acres of public land into a massive nuclear reactor and data-center development is consistent with the purpose and long-term public interest of those lands.
We ask that the public be given meaningful notice, access to the information being considered, thorough environmental review, and a meaningful opportunity to participate before any decision is made.
We are not asking one government body to do another agency's job. We are asking every decision-maker with authority over these projects to exercise that authority carefully and to listen to the communities that will live with the consequences.
Carbon and Emery Counties Stand Together
We also want to make it clear that we are not asking these projects to simply be moved across the county line.
Carbon County stands with Emery County, and Emery County stands with Carbon County.
If these projects are not appropriate for Carbon County, we do not believe the answer is to place them in Emery County instead. We do not want either community to become the backup location for large-scale data centers or nuclear reactor developments.
Our communities are stronger when we stand together, and our voices are stronger when Carbon and Emery Counties stand beside one another.
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We are asking you to sign.
This petition is not about opposing every business or every opportunity for Carbon or Emery Counties.
It is about asking an important question:
Is this really the future we want for our communities?
Once massive industrial facilities, energy infrastructure, and nuclear-related developments are built, changing course may be extremely difficult.
Our communities deserve the opportunity to carefully consider these decisions before they become permanent.
We are asking our local leaders:
Please listen to the people who live here.
Please protect our families.
Please protect our water.
Please protect our public lands.
Please protect our communities.
Please protect the future of Carbon and Emery Counties.
Our goal is 5,000 signatures.
If you are a Carbon County or Emery County resident, property owner, parent, farmer, outdoor recreation enthusiast, or simply someone who cares about the future of these communities, please sign and share this petition.
Let’s show our elected officials that our communities are paying attention and that we want a voice in decisions that could affect generations to come.
Carbon County and Emery County are stronger when we stand together.
Together, we can make sure the people of Carbon and Emery Counties are heard.
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The Issue
We are asking the people of Carbon County, Emery County, and surrounding communities to stand together and make our voices heard:
We do not want large-scale data centers and nuclear reactor developments to become the future of Carbon County or Emery County.
We are calling on the Carbon County Commission, Carbon County Planning Commission, Emery County officials, state officials, federal agencies, and other decision-makers to listen to the residents who live here before supporting or approving these massive industrial developments.
What is being proposed?
Carbon County is facing proposals for developments on a scale that could permanently change our community.
Altigen’s “Jurassic Spark” project proposes a large technology/data-center development east of Wellington, along with significant energy infrastructure.
Valar Atomics’ “Project Beehive” has been publicly described as a proposed development involving approximately 9,000 acres of BLM public land near Price, data centers, and nuclear-related facilities, including 456 small nuclear reactors.
For families who live here, this is not an abstract proposal on a map. This is our community and our home. We are calling on the BLM and other federal agencies to stop this application in its tracks and recognize that public lands should not be sacrificed for massive nuclear reactor and data-center developments. Our public lands belong to the people, and they should remain places where our families can live, recreate, explore, and enjoy Utah—not be permanently transformed into industrial campuses.
These are not ordinary developments. They raise important questions about the future of our water, electricity, roads, air quality, emergency services, agriculture, wildlife, public lands, recreation, property values, and quality of life.
Carbon and Emery Counties Stand Together
We also want to make something very clear:
Carbon County and Emery County are neighbors, and we stand together.
We do not want these projects simply moved across the county line and placed in Emery County instead. If these developments are not appropriate for Carbon County, we do not believe the answer is to put them in Emery County.
We want the people of both counties to stand together and support one another. We are not fighting against each other—we are standing beside each other.
Our message is simple: We do not want large-scale data centers and nuclear reactor developments forced onto either of our communities. We believe the families, farmers, property owners, and residents of both Carbon and Emery Counties deserve a meaningful voice in decisions that could permanently affect our communities.
Carbon County stands with Emery County, and Emery County stands with Carbon County.
This is about our children and our future.
Many of us chose Carbon County because of its open spaces, farms, mountains, public lands, outdoor recreation, and small-town communities.
Our neighboring Emery County shares many of these same qualities.
We want our children to grow up here and enjoy those same things.
We believe Carbon and Emery Counties can pursue economic development without automatically accepting every large industrial project that comes our way.
Before decisions are made, we deserve to understand the full costs, risks, infrastructure demands, and long-term consequences.
We are asking our elected officials to:
1. Listen to the people who live here.
Residents deserve a meaningful opportunity to be heard before major decisions are made.
2. Require thorough review.
Water, energy, air quality, traffic, roads, emergency response, wildlife, agriculture, recreation, environmental impacts, and community impacts must be carefully evaluated.
3. Look at the cumulative impact.
Altigen, Valar, and other proposed industrial developments should not be viewed as completely separate projects when they could collectively place enormous demands on our communities.
4. Protect our water and natural resources.
Carbon and Emery Counties are rural communities with finite resources. Our water and land should not be treated as unlimited.
5. Protect public lands and the character of our communities.
Our public lands belong to the public. They provide places for families to hike, bike, hunt, explore, and enjoy Utah’s incredible landscape.
6. Demand transparency and meaningful public participation.
Residents should receive timely notice and have access to the information needed to participate meaningfully in decisions affecting our communities.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two Levels of Government, One Community Voice
We recognize that the proposed Altigen and Valar projects involve different properties, approvals, and levels of government. Our requests are therefore directed to the appropriate decision-makers based on their respective authority.
To Carbon County Officials:
We, the citizens, landowners, agricultural operators, and residents of Carbon County who have signed this petition, formally request that the Carbon County Planning Commission and the Carbon County Board of Commissioners table any further approvals, land-use amendments, rezonings, conditional use permits, or formal endorsements related to the currently proposed Altigen and Valar Atomics data-center and nuclear-energy projects.
We ask that these actions remain tabled until a comprehensive, independent third-party impact assessment has been fully funded, completed, and made publicly available for meaningful community review.
We further request that the findings of that assessment be presented at a dedicated public hearing, with sufficient opportunity for Carbon County residents, property owners, agricultural operators, and other affected community members to review the findings, ask questions, and provide public comment before any further action is taken.
Our community should have the opportunity to understand the full potential impacts of these projects before decisions are made—not after.
To the Bureau of Land Management and Federal Agencies:
We ask the BLM and other appropriate federal agencies to stop the Project Beehive application from advancing and to carefully consider whether converting thousands of acres of public land into a massive nuclear reactor and data-center development is consistent with the purpose and long-term public interest of those lands.
We ask that the public be given meaningful notice, access to the information being considered, thorough environmental review, and a meaningful opportunity to participate before any decision is made.
We are not asking one government body to do another agency's job. We are asking every decision-maker with authority over these projects to exercise that authority carefully and to listen to the communities that will live with the consequences.
Carbon and Emery Counties Stand Together
We also want to make it clear that we are not asking these projects to simply be moved across the county line.
Carbon County stands with Emery County, and Emery County stands with Carbon County.
If these projects are not appropriate for Carbon County, we do not believe the answer is to place them in Emery County instead. We do not want either community to become the backup location for large-scale data centers or nuclear reactor developments.
Our communities are stronger when we stand together, and our voices are stronger when Carbon and Emery Counties stand beside one another.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are asking you to sign.
This petition is not about opposing every business or every opportunity for Carbon or Emery Counties.
It is about asking an important question:
Is this really the future we want for our communities?
Once massive industrial facilities, energy infrastructure, and nuclear-related developments are built, changing course may be extremely difficult.
Our communities deserve the opportunity to carefully consider these decisions before they become permanent.
We are asking our local leaders:
Please listen to the people who live here.
Please protect our families.
Please protect our water.
Please protect our public lands.
Please protect our communities.
Please protect the future of Carbon and Emery Counties.
Our goal is 5,000 signatures.
If you are a Carbon County or Emery County resident, property owner, parent, farmer, outdoor recreation enthusiast, or simply someone who cares about the future of these communities, please sign and share this petition.
Let’s show our elected officials that our communities are paying attention and that we want a voice in decisions that could affect generations to come.
Carbon County and Emery County are stronger when we stand together.
Together, we can make sure the people of Carbon and Emery Counties are heard.
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Petition created on October 5, 2026