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Trump’s DOJ intervenes to keep Musk’s xAI gas turbines polluting Memphis
The DOJ asked a federal court to toss the NAACP's Clean Air Act suit against Musk's xAI, citing national security to keep 57 unpermitted gas turbines running.
Summary
The US Department of Justice has asked a federal court to throw out a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, arguing that the company’s unpermitted gas turbines near Memphis are a matter of “national, economic, and energy security.” The move puts the Trump administration in court alongside Musk to defend dozens of methane-burning turbines that have been running without air permits in one of the most polluted regions of the country.
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