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Trump asks to toss NAACP pollution suit against xAI |
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In April, the civil rights organization alleged that xAI did not get an air pollution permit for its Colossus Gas Plant, which powers its Colossus 2 data center that in turn powers the AI chatbot Grok.
In a filing on Monday, the Justice Department asked the court to dismiss the case. It argued that it’s up to the United States when to enforce the Clean Air Act.
The Trump administration also argued that Grok’s ability to operate “is a matter of paramount national security.”
It described it as one of only four AI models that can support “national security applications” and one of three that can support “mission-critical operations across Secret and Top-Secret classified networks.”
The NAACP’s lawsuit alleged that xAI’s plant, made up of 27 gas turbines, emits large amounts of pollution that are linked to asthma, respiratory diseases, heart problems and certain cancers. It also says that the communities surrounding the plant have a disproportionately high Black population.
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