DOJ Backs SpaceX's xAI in NAACP Clean Air Act Challenge
TL;DR
The Justice Department moved to dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, arguing the case could threaten national security by hindering AI development; the NAACP contends xAI operates dozens of unpermitted gas turbines in Black communities in Mississippi and near Memphis, Tennessee, violating environmental law and harming residents, with a preliminary injunction hearing pending.
- DOJ Takes Elon Musk’s Side in NAACP Lawsuit Against xAI for Polluting Black Neighborhoods Democracy Now!
- DOJ Defends Musk’s xAI in Data-Center Pollution Lawsuit WSJ
- Grok Is More Important Than Clean Air, DOJ Says Mother Jones
- Trump’s Justice Department urges court to throw out pollution lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company CNN
- DOJ intervenes on behalf of xAI in data center gas turbine lawsuit Utility Dive
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