WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:
Note: View motion for intervention and dismissal here.
Yesterday, the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) filed a motion to intervene and to dismiss a private citizen lawsuit seeking to power down a large artificial intelligence (AI) facility in Southaven, Mississippi.
The filings concern a case where private litigants sued xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech LLC, alleging violations of Clean Air Act permitting requirements, even though the State of Mississippi - which is charged with administering the permitting program - decided no permit was required. Plaintiffs' allegations...