The 10 latest articles on Environmental Justice come from 9 sources, published between Oct 22 and Nov 12. Most come from DeSoto County News (2).
People in these stories: Elon Musk (3), Patrick Anderson (2), Anderson (2)
Organizations: NAACP (7), Southern Environmental Law Center (5), MZX Tech LLC (3), Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (2), SELC (2), Sound Coalition (2)
Places: Mississippi (5), Memphis (4), Southaven (3), DeSoto (3), County (3), U.S. (3)
Mississippi News State permit board rejects appeal of SpaceXAI air permits in Southaven November 12, 2026 Peyton Taylor By Alex Rozier | Originally published by Mississippi Today After hearing hours of testimony over two days, Mississippi’s permit board rejected an appeal of an…
Friends of the Delaware River, LLC v. Martelli’s Metal Fabrication, Inc. In 1972, Congress added a new “citizen suit” provision to the Clean Water Act (CWA), allowing private individuals and groups to leverage the government’s prosecutorial power against American businesses and cities.
BGR Elon Musk's Gas-Powered xAI Data Centers Are Running Into A Big Problem With Locals Elon Musk, the momentary trillionaire, has been under fire over his company, xAI, and its use of gas turbines to power data centers. As we've…
The debate is the latest local government reaction to SpaceXAI’s rapid data center expansion along the Stateline Road corridor. It comes days after residents told reporters that the offers they had received would not cover the cost of a comparable…
Eight converted Boeing 747 engines near Memphis carry CO limits double those of 33 other turbines on the same site Permits for xAI’s Mississippi power plant authorize carbon monoxide emissions at twice the rate allowed for the site’s other turbines. That arrangement…
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In its motion to dismiss, xAI claimed that citizen suits—which give communities the right to defend themselves from unlawful pollution—were unconstitutional. The court rejected this argument, finding that “because citizen suit plaintiffs sue on their own behalf, in…
See Mississippi Polling Places Changes Here A Mississippi federal court has denied SpaceX’s’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its operations in Southaven, Mississippi, clearing the way for civil rights groups to continue to sue the tech giant for alleged…
Short answer: A federal judge in Mississippi has rejected xAI and MZX Tech’s request to dismiss the NAACP’s Clean Air Act lawsuit over gas turbines at a power plant serving the Colossus AI data center. The claims will proceed, but…
xAI ruling deals blow to US efforts to block citizen enforcement of clean air law MLex xAI ruling deals blow to US efforts to block citizen enforcement of clean air law Prepare for tomorrow’s regulatory change, today MLex identifies risk…
Pollution in Black communities: Cancer Alley, xAI's gas turbines in Memphis, water crises, lead pipes, heat and the fight for clean air.
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