DOJ Intervenes in NAACP Lawsuit Against Elon Musk's xAI Over Clean Air Act Violations in Memphis
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The Department of Justice has intervened in a civil rights lawsuit filed by the NAACP against Elon Musk's xAI (a SpaceX subsidiary), asking a federal court to dismiss the case. The NAACP and environmental groups allege xAI is illegally operating dozens of unpermitted gas-burning turbines in majority-Black neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, to power its data centers, violating the Clean Air Act. The DOJ argues the lawsuit threatens national security by potentially disrupting AI innovation that supports military operations. NAACP attorney Abre' Conner criticizes the intervention as authoritarian, arguing communities should have the right to decide on health and pollution matters affecting them.
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· 3 pulledWe should be concerned about this type of authoritarian rule
seeking to shut off the power supply for artificial-intelligence innovation that supports the Department of War's military operations
communities themselves should be the ones to make the decisions about our health, about pollution in communities, about stopping sacrifice zones from being furthered because of an agenda that does not serve everyday people
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