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Big Bend National Park in Texas. (National Park Service)
Press Release August 31, 2026

Organizaciones Apoyan el Litigio Que Detendría la Destrucción del Medioambiente Por La Frontera en el Parque Nacional Big Bend

Organizaciones ambientales impugnan la decisión de la Administración de Trump de dispensar a reglas que protegen la vida silvestre, hábitat, y tierras públicas
Big Bend National Park in Texas. (National Park Service)
Press Release August 27, 2026

Groups Back Lawsuit to Stop Border Destruction at Big Bend National Park

Environmental organizations challenge the Trump administration’s use of sweeping waivers to sidestep protections for wildlife, habitat, and public lands
document August 26, 2026

Amicus Brief: Big Bend National Park Border Barrier Construction

This is an amicus brief to support Center for Biological Diversity, et al. in Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction as well as Motion for Summary Judgement…
Maurepas Swamp  protects South Louisiana residents from hurricanes, and is also a vibrant freshwater fishery. (Photo courtesy of Healthy Gulf)
Press Release: Victory July 1, 2026

Air Products Abandons Proposed Louisiana “Blue” Hydrogen and Ammonia Plant with Carbon Capture Scheme

Community groups celebrate the company’s decision to pull out — citing the huge risks associated with the project’s polluting facility and carbon dioxide pipeline
Rev. Robert Tipton Jr., the branch president of the DeSoto County NAACP, is opposed to the methane gas turbines operating in his Southaven, Mississippi community to power a nearby xAI data center in Memphis, Tennessee. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article June 23, 2026

The Battle to Stop the AI Industry’s Illegal Pollution

Across the U.S., Earthjustice is challenging plans to power data centers in ways that threaten communities.
Dozens of unpermitted gas turbines, the target of a citizen suit filed by the NAACP, operate in Mississippi to power xAI's nearby Memphis data center. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Article June 16, 2026

Why Trump Is Going After Your Right to Take Polluters to Court (and How We’re Fighting Back)

Citizens suits are powerful tools to enforce the law, which is why the Trump administration is attacking them.
Thermal drone imagery shows more than a dozen unpermitted gas turbines operating at xAI’s gas plant in Southaven, Miss. (Evan Simon / Floodlight)
Press Release June 16, 2026

Trump Administration Attempts Massive Power Grab in Defense of Musk’s Company, xAI

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
In the News: The Guardian June 6, 2026

Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit

Laura Thoms, Director of Enforcement: “There is no moral or legal precedent for this. This isn’t about national security; it’s a desperate attempt to protect wealthy tech companies from obeying the laws meant to protect people from pollution.”
Press Release May 28, 2026

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 problem with transparency, accountability, and…
feature May 27, 2026

Mississippi “Data Center Giveaway Law” Leaves Residents in the Dark and Could Already Be Costing Utility Customers ~$11/mo.

A state law is failing to protect households from potentially rising power bills. How lawmakers and utilities can fix this.
document May 27, 2026

In the Dark: Data Centers Could be Costing Mississippi Households

A report from Synapse Energy, on behalf of Environmental Advocates Mississippi and Earthjustice, analyzes how Entergy Mississippi’s costs to serve data centers are being added to residential electric rates
The xAI data center, Colossus II, in Memphis, Tennessee, just north of Southaven, Mississippi. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release May 6, 2026

NAACP Asks Court for Emergency Action to Stop Illegal Air Pollution from xAI’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 nearby communities with harmful toxic emissions
document May 6, 2026

xAI: Preliminary Injunction Brief

NAACP filed a request for a preliminary injunction to stop unpermitted air pollution from an illegal power plant built by Elon Musk’s company, xAI, and its subsidiary, MZX Tech.
video April 14, 2026

We’re suing xAI for an illegal power plant fueling its Colossus II data center.

Laura Thoms, Director of Enforcement at Earthjustice, explains our lawsuit. There are no exceptions that would allow this major source of pollution to evade the law.
document April 14, 2026

Complaint: NAACP Sues xAI for Clean Air Act Violations

SELC and Earthjustice are representing the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP and the national NAACP in a lawsuit against xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, for the tech companies’…
Gas-powered turbines, with more being built, operate in Southaven, Mississippi, to power a large xAI data center just to the north in Memphis, Tennessee. The huge gas turbines occupy a sprawling 114 acres — the equivalent of nearly 87 football fields. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
Press Release April 14, 2026

NAACP Sues xAI for Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plant

Elon Musk’s company is accused of violating the Clean Air Act to power its Colossus 2 data center
The xAI data center, Colossus II, in Memphis, Tennessee, just north of Southaven, Mississippi. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
case April 14, 2026

Illegal Pollution from Data Center Power Plants Shouldn’t Harm Our Communities. We’re Suing xAI.

The lawsuit explains that xAI is illegally operating 27 gas turbines without an air permit in Southaven, Mississippi, effectively building a power plant for its Colossus 2 data center, which…
Nurdles, in particular, resemble fish eggs and are mistaken for food by marine wildlife.  A dead fish with plastic pellets in its mouth, washed ashore near the Wellawatte neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Saman Abesiriwardana / Pacific Press via Alamy)
feature March 19, 2026

Where Do Microplastics Come From and Why Are They Polluting Our Waters?

Microplastics can now be found just about everywhere in the environment, including – most alarming – in our own bodies.