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Trump administration attempts massive power grab in defense of Musk's x AI
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (602+ words) Earthjustice Trump administration attempts massive power grab in defense of Musk's x AI DOJ wants to give itself veto power over citizen suits, a key legal tool used to protect communities from illegal pollution for over 50 years Earthjustice: Dustin Renaud,…...
New Report: Data Centers Could Already Be Costing Utility Customers ~$11/mo. in One State
2+ week, 5+ day ago (255+ words) Earthjustice New Report: Data Centers Could Already Be Costing Utility Customers ~$11/mo. in One State A Mississippi law is failing to protect utility customers from secret deals and potentially rising bills; here's how lawmakers and utilities can fix this big…...
Mississippi "Data Center Giveaway Law" Leaves Residents in the Dark and Could Already Be Costing Utility Customers ~$11/mo.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1480+ words) A Mississippi law is failing to protect households from secret deals and potentially rising power bills. Here's how lawmakers and utilities can fix this big problem with transparency, accountability, and strong oversight. A new report by Synapse Energy Economics, In…...
NAACP Asks Court for Emergency Action to Stop Illegal Air Pollution from x AI's Data Center Power Plant
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (656+ words) Earthjustice NAACP Asks Court for Emergency Action to Stop Illegal Air Pollution from x AI's Data Center Power Plant Instead of addressing its Clean Air Act violations, Elon Musk's company added even more unpermitted gas turbines to its illegal powerplant'saddling…...
We're suing x AI for an illegal power plant fueling its Colossus II data center.
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (426+ words) Triple Your Impact: $1 M Earth Month Goal. Your Earth Month gift will be matched $2: $1 to power our lawsuits. Give'today, and help us raise $1'million to stop Trump's attacks on the environment. Your gift matched $2: $1. Choose an amount to'give: Your 1st year…...
Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plants Shouldn't Harm Our Communities. We're Suing x AI.
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (458+ words) Gas turbines " like the ones used at x AI's Southaven power plant " pump out smog-forming pollution, fine particulate matter, and hazardous chemicals. These pollutants are tied to increases in asthma, respiratory diseases, heart problems, and certain cancers. Elon Musk's company,…...
Public Interest Groups Challenge Trump Administration's Renewal of an Order to Keep Washington's Last Coal Plant Operating
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (384+ words) The Department of Energy is claiming false emergencies to keep open dirty, inefficient coal plants across the country including a coal plant slated for shutdown in Centralia, Washington Today, public interest groups filed a second request for rehearing in response…...
NAACP Sues x AI for Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plant
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (243+ words) Elon Musk's company is accused of violating the Clean Air Act to power its Colossus 2 data center On Tuesday, NAACP sued x AI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, for the tech companies' unlawful operation of dozens of unpermitted methane gas…...
A Community Takes a Data Center Colossus to Court
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (758+ words) Triple Your Impact: $1 M Earth Month Goal. Your Earth Month gift will be matched $2: $1 to power our lawsuits. Give'today, and help us raise $1'million to stop Trump's attacks on the environment. Your gift matched $2: $1. Choose an amount to'give: Your 1st year…...
Colorado Advocates: New "Data Center Handout Bill" Misses the Mark; Proactive Protections Needed for Energy Bills, Communities, and Environment
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (214+ words) Separate bill to establish guidelines for data center development to be introduced this legislative session Conservation and community groups today called for policy solutions that deliver meaningful protections for Coloradans from massive data center developments, and warned that a data…...