Justice Department backs xAI in NAACP air pollution suit
The department says blocking the turbines would threaten national security and AI operations that support military missions, as xAI has added turbines to 57.
- On Monday, the Justice Department urged a federal court to dismiss the NAACP's lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that shutting down its Mississippi power plant threatens American national, economic, and energy security.
- The NAACP and environmental groups sued xAI in April, alleging the company illegally operates 57 natural gas turbines at its Southaven, Mississippi facility without required air permits.
- Government filings claim xAI's Grok chatbot is critical to military operations, asserting the model assisted U.S. forces in hitting 2,000 targets within 96 hours during the war against Iran.
- Critics denounced the intervention as a "desperate attempt to protect wealthy tech companies," with Earthjustice enforcement director Laura Thoms arguing the agency shields xAI from environmental accountability.
- Legal experts warn the administration's maneuver could rewrite decades of enforcement law, potentially stripping U.S. residents of their power to file citizen lawsuits against industrial polluters.
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xAI Memphis: The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor
Since August of last year, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has been building and operating a fleet of gas-fired combustion turbines in Memphis-area Black neighborhoods, in order to power a massive data center called Colossus. Each turbine is the size of a single-family home. As of five weeks ago, xAI has installed at least 57 of these turbines at the Colossus Gas Plant in Southaven, Mississippi, about 15 minutes south of Memph…
Trump DOJ Trying To Protect Musk From Lawsuit Over Memphis AI Data Center Pollution
For a long time organizations like the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have noted how Elon Musk’s xAI data center in Memphis disproportionately pollutes the air in minority neighborhoods. A joint lawsuit by SELC, Earthjustice, and the NAACP filed last April argued that Musk and friends didn’t even bother to get the necessary permits to run the turbines at its xAI’s Colossus 2 data center. The lawsuit also notes how these 27 turbines (wh…
Feds Seek Dismissal Of xAI Lawsuit In Memphis & Mississippi
Image Credit: Karen Pulfer Focht for Tennessee Lookout ***Note from The Tennessee Conservative – this article posted here for informational purposes only. By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP against Elon Musk’s xAI plants in Memphis and Mississippi, claiming they are critical to the country’s defense efforts. The feds filed a motio…
DOJ urges judge to throw NAACP’s legal action over xAI’s gas turbines in Mississippi.
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Tennessee LookoutFeds seek dismissal of xAI lawsuit in Memphis and Mississippi
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP against Elon Musk’s xAI plants in Memphis and Mississippi, claiming they are critical to the country’s defense efforts. The feds filed a…
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