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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

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.

The groups are challenging the state’s abysmal EPA-approved Regional Haze Plan

Petition identifies multiple, serious problems with new information and analysis in final rule

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

Public interest groups filed a second request for rehearing in response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) renewal in March 2026 of the initial emergency order issued in December 2025 forcing the TransAlta coal plant in Centralia to remain open past its planned shutdown date.

Elon Musk’s company is accused of violating the Clean Air Act to power its Colossus 2 data center

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 powers the company’s chatbot, Grok.

EPA fails to implement its own strengthened air quality standard and missed deadline for identifying areas with soot pollution levels higher than the new acceptable limit

EPA’s rulemaking allows 33 highly toxic sources to continue emitting carcinogenic ethylene oxide without limits

Lawsuit challenges rollback that allows more mercury, lead, and other toxic pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants

A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, lead, and other hazardous air pollution from coal-fired power plants.

The administration’s repeal of a key scientific finding on climate will harm millions.

Residents in the Phoenix area will continue to be exposed to dangerous ozone air pollution with this free pass

Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

Groups challenge disapproval of state’s widely-supported regional haze plan

Advocates warn of more toxic pollution, asthma attacks, and premature deaths, especially in communities living near coal plants.

The EPA revoked the finding that greenhouses gases threaten public health and welfare, then weakened vehicle emissions standards.