July 10, 2026
The second half of 2026 could see courts delivering important rulings that will determine whether municipalities can set their own building emissions laws, the extent of California's authority to regulate pollution and citizens' power to enforce the Clean Air Act. Here, Law360 takes a look at five environmental cases that could be resolved before the end of the year.
June 16, 2026
The Trump administration has urged a Mississippi federal court to let it step in as a plaintiff and dismiss the NAACP's lawsuit that seeks to bar X.AI Corp.'s operation of a data center-powering gas plant in Southaven, saying the NAACP can't pursue the lawsuit over the government's objection.
May 07, 2026
The NAACP has asked a Mississippi federal judge to block X.AI Corp. from operating a battery of polluting gas turbines in the community of Southaven, asserting it has continued to add turbines to power a nearby data center rather than address permitting violations.
April 14, 2026
The NAACP sued Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, Tuesday in Mississippi federal court over a Memphis, Tennessee-area gas power plant powering its data center, claiming it failed to secure permits for the plant, which emits "dangerous pollutants" affecting communities with "significant Black populations."