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

2026-06-16 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Trump's Justice Department is swooping in to protect Elon Musk's xAI from a lawsuit over its datacenter's methane-gas turbines polluting Black neighborhoods in Mississippi. The NAACP sued over the environmental harm, but apparently the DOJ has more important things to do — like playing defense attorney for the world's richest man. Nothing says 'AI progress' like gassing residential communities and having the government help you get away with it.

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