Judge rejects Trump’s claim that EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
Judge rejects Trump’s wild claim EPA can dismiss data center pollution lawsuits
- Who
- U.S. District Court judge
- What
- rejected Trump’s argument that the EPA could dismiss the Clean Air Act lawsuit over the Memphis data center turbines
What happened
A judge rejected Trump’s argument that the EPA can unilaterally dismiss Clean Air Act lawsuits, leaving Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI facing a lawsuit over alleged pollution from its Colossus data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The NAACP seeks an injunction requiring the best available pollution control technology for its gas turbines and penalties up to $124,426 per day per violation, citing risks to nearby predominantly Black communities.
The story so far
A U.S. District Court judge rejected Trump’s argument that the EPA could unilaterally dismiss Clean Air Act lawsuits, leaving Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI facing a lawsuit over alleged pollution from its Colossus data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The NAACP alleges that the facility’s gas turbines pose risks to nearby predominantly Black communities. It seeks an injunction requiring the best available pollution control technology for the turbines, along with penalties of up to $124,426 per day per violation.
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