DOJ, Mississippi recast xAI pollution lawsuit as fight over citizen enforcement
By Amy Miller ( June 26, 2026, 22:07 GMT | Comment) -- The Trump administration and Mississippi are hoping to turn the NAACP’s lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence company xAI of illegally operating air-polluting gas turbines into a legal fight over federalism and whether citizens can challenge federal and state authority in court. They’re trying to shift the focus away from whether xAI violated the federal Clean Air Act and arguing that citizens can't use courts to undermine "cooperative federalism." The Trump Administration’s Justice Department and Mississippi are trying to turn the NAACP’s lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence company xAI of operating illegal, air polluting gas turbines into a fight over whether citizens can challenge federal and state authority in court....
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