Trump DOJ Moves to Shield Musk’s xAI From Environmental Scrutiny
TL;DR
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has asked to intervene in a NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI over its Colossus gas plant, seeking to dismiss the case on national-security grounds and arguing that enforcing the Clean Air Act is not in the public interest. The piece argues the DOJ is misapplying law to shield corporate polluters, undermining citizen enforcement and environmental justice for Black communities near Memphis, while highlighting the ongoing tension between corporate power and environmental protection.
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- Trump’s Justice Department urges court to throw out pollution lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company CNN
- Grok Is More Important Than Clean Air, DOJ Says Mother Jones
- DOJ intervenes on behalf of xAI in data center gas turbine lawsuit Utility Dive
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