DOJ asks court to dismiss NAACP air pollution lawsuit against SpaceX-owned xAI
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Lora Kolodny
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The Department of Justice has asked a Mississippi federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP against Elon Musk's xAI (now owned by SpaceX). The NAACP's April lawsuit claims xAI violated the Clean Air Act by operating methane gas-burning turbines at its AI data centers without proper permits or pollution controls, emitting smog-forming pollutants and particulate matter. The DOJ is intervening on behalf of SpaceX/Musk to have the case thrown out.
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The turbines emit smog-forming pollutants and particulate matter that can lea
With SpaceX's stock rocketing during its first three days of trading, Elon Musk's company is getting an assist from the Department of Justice, which asked a federal court in Mississippi to toss a case against the company brought by the NAACP.
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