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NAACP Plans Lawsuit Against xAI Memphis Data Center Over Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
17 Jul 2025 12:59 GMT
… permit, issued by the Shelby County Health Department, blatantly violates the Clean Air Act … treatment to xAI, expediting the permit process while ignoring potential health … NAACP’s challenge could reshape permitting processes for AI infrastructure across …
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NAACP, others appeal xAI turbine permits for Memphis data center
17 Jul 2025 19:54 GMT
… from permitting requirements.
That determination, the appeal says, violates the Clean Air Act and … , well above the Clean Air Act’s 250-ton threshold. Permits for existing major … trigger stricter requirements for air permits.
The department has stated that …
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Zeldin outlines permitting rule revamp to boost AI
17 Jul 2025 21:58 GMT
… overhaul of key Clean Air Act permitting programs to make it … industries which demand new permitting rules that help, not … Zeldin wrote. The planned permitting changes will “help expedite … begin projects before getting permits and loosen requirements for …
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Clean air advocates want to see pollution permit fees increased in Allegheny County
17 Jul 2025 16:59 GMT
… operating permits.
Title V operating permits are required under the Clean Air Act for … ,100 for extending an installation permit — a 46.5% hike … committee. Title V operating permit fees were last increased in … in fees for asbestos-related permits.
“I think that …
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Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says
16 Jul 2025 20:07 GMT
… decisions on xAI's permit "reckless."
… the Clean Air Act or other laws and that all permits for … permitting process "pursuant to the major source requirements of the Clean Air Act … board to remand the permit to the health department …
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Elon Musk’s xAI permits challenged by NAACP, environmental groups in Memphis
17 Jul 2025 06:14 GMT
… groups filed to appeal a permit that allows the company … and too small to require permits. The company categorized them … County Health Department issued a permit on July 2, allowing … and issued the permits improperly, a violation of the Clean Air Act and some …
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Enviros appeal permit for Musk’s xAI turbines
17 Jul 2025 00:08 GMT
… regulators to issue a Clean Air Act permit to Elon Musk’s … and too small to require Clean Air Act permits, even as the SELC … response to comments on the permit application, agreed.
Gas … xAI ultimately applied for Clean Air Act permits for the same machines …
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SELC appeals Shelby County Health Department's permit for xAI
16 Jul 2025 21:54 GMT
… claimed that the federal Clean Air Act didn’t apply to … or lawn mowers. However, the Clean Air Act specifically says that turbines as … in violation of the Clean Air Act and SCHD’s own … the Clean Air Act. The SCHD must also commit to issuing permits that …
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EPA Grants Coke Plants Breathing Room on Emissions Requirements
17 Jul 2025 20:03 GMT
… air pollution standards under the Clean Air Act to reduce HAP emissions. To … necessary, which can include lengthy permitting processes and extensive engineering, among …
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Environmental groups file petition against IDEM air permit renewal
13 Jul 2025 18:11 GMT
… this permit because it’s inconsistent with the Clean Air Act and … permit “fails to include many basic provisions of the Clean Air Act … #47;Chicago Tribune)
“Permitting decisions are made based on … and regulations, including the Clean Air Act,” IDEM responded in …