Judge rejects Trump bid to end NAACP Clean Air Act suit against xAI Memphis turbines
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A federal judge rejected the Trump administration's motion to intervene and dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI over unpermitted gas turbines powering its Colossus data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
Trump had argued that the EPA can unilaterally dismiss Clean Air Act lawsuits whenever the president decides not to enforce the law. The NAACP seeks an injunction requiring xAI to use the best available pollution control technology when operating the turbines, and penalties of up to $124,426 per day per violation. Trump's filing said that letting citizens seek such penalties "does not serve the public interest." xAI, which has since merged and is now known as SpaceXAI, is the defendant.
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- Ars Technica · AINewsJudge rejects Trump's bid to block NAACP data center pollution lawsuit against xAI
AIA judge rejected Donald Trump's claim that the EPA can unilaterally dismiss Clean Air Act lawsuits, in a case the NAACP brought against xAI, now known as SpaceXAI, over unpermitted gas turbines powering the Colossus data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The NAACP seeks an injunction requiring the best available pollution control technology and penalties of up to $124,426 per day per violation. Trump had argued that letting citizens seek such penalties "does not serve the public interest."
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