#cleanairact — Public Fediverse posts
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‘Zero visibility’: Passenger bus emitting thick black smoke raises safety concerns
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I don't believe a word of any of this!
SpaceXAI says it will take a year to fully remove unpermitted gas turbines from its Mississippi data center - Engadget
#SpaceXAI #AI #Gas #Turbine #CleanAirAct #EPA #NAACP #Memphis #Tennessee #Tech
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#EPA says power for #datacenters can sidestep #pollution laws
EPA said if they aree not supplying #electricity to grid then they would not be subject to #CleanAirAct's Acid Rain Program, key to dramatic reduction of smog and soot pollution from industrial facilities.
"The EPA believes that, considering the plain text of these definitions, the Acid Rain Program does not apply to power generation facilities that are not connected in any way to the larger electricity grid."
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EcoWaste Coalition denounces WtE push during SONA 2026, urges PBBM to uphold RA 9003
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EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
By Tim McLaughlin
July 27, 2026"Power sources providing electricity only to data centers and not the public grid may not be subject to federal pollution laws, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday.
"The EPA said if the power plants are not supplying electricity to the grid then they would not be subject to the federal #CleanAirAct's #AcidRain Program, which has been key to the dramatic reduction of #smog and #soot pollution from industrial facilities."
#EPAFail #USPol #Datacenters #AISucks #AirPollution
#PollutionLaws #TechBros #Oligarchy #TechOligarchy #CorporatePolluters #TrumpSucks -
"This month, #US #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency (#EPA) issued guidance clarifying that the #CleanAirAct (#CAA) #AcidRainProgram (#ARP) does not apply to #power generation facilities that are not connected to a public #electricity #grid, commonly referred to as “islanded” #powergeneration facilities. The guidance expands opportunities for companies to develop and operate islanded power generation facilities for #datacenters. This will give developers greater flexibility in where and how quickly they can build new facilities while helping to protect the #environment and reducing burdens on communities’ electric grid."
So glad they found this loophole for "protecting" our environment. 🙄
How fast is humankind able to make this planet inhabitable for Billions of people?
Peak #capitalism. 🤦
#ai #Trump #corruption #extinction #coal #coalenergy #co2 #USA
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Judge rules #EPA failed to implement key part of the #CleanAirAct | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-rules-epa-failed-to-implement-key-part-of-the-clean-air-act/
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https://winbuzzer.com/2026/07/15/us-intervenes-in-xais-turbine-clean-air-fight-xcxwbn/
The DOJ has intervened in xAI's lawsuit about pollution from gas turbines as a reported 59-unit buildout raised Clean Air Act and community pollution concerns near Southaven.
#AI #xAI #CleanAirAct #Colossus2 #ElonMusk #AIInfrastructure #AICompute #Grok
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Trump DOJ Trying To Protect Musk From Lawsuit Over Memphis AI Data Center Pollution
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#DOJ Lawyers Argue #xAI Is ‘Vital’ for #NationalSecurity in #NAACP #Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, #JusticeDepartment claimed the company is integral to military operations—including Iran War.
The NAACP alleges xAI isn’t following the #CleanAirAct and is endangering #publichealth by running unpermitted natural gas turbines at the site of its second #datacenter in Southaven, Mississippi, dubbed #Colossus2.
https://www.wired.com/story/doj-lawyers-argue-xai-vital-national-security-naacp-lawsuit/
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Yes, #E15 Affects #Gas Mileage, But Here's A Reality Check
E15 was banned between June and September under federal #CleanAirAct, but now, #EPA, under #LeeZeldin, approved a measure to allow E15, commonly known as #Unleaded88, on sale through summer months of the year in a bid to help lower fuel prices.
Corn-based ethanol is a worse store of energy than fossil-based fuel, holding about one third less energy than pure gasoline. Switching to E15 means you're buying more gas.
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He Helped Write the #CleanAirAct. He Fears for Its Future.
#ThomasJorling, adviser to Republicans who cosponsored the 1970 law, disputes the Trump administration’s claim that it shouldn’t apply to planet-warming #greenhousegases.
Mr. Jorling said in an interview that he and the other authors of the legislation had known that scientists would continue learning about new pollutants, and so the bill was meant to be flexible enough to encompass them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/climate/thomas-jorling-endangerment-finding-clean-air-act-epa.html
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CNBC: NAACP sues Elon Musk’s xAI over Memphis data center air pollution. “The NAACP filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI on Tuesday, accusing the artificial intelligence company of violating the Clean Air Act with its use of natural gas-burning turbines to power data centers in and around Memphis, Tennessee.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/15/cnbc-naacp-sues-elon-musks-xai-over-memphis-data-center-air-pollution/ -
Health Care Professionals, Scientists, and Children Sue the EPA Over Recent Move
Two lawsuits challenge the agency’s reversal of a 2009 rule underpinning federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. -
#EnvironmentalGroups sue #Trump’s #EPA over repeal of landmark #climate finding
Lawsuit from #health and #EnvironmentalJustice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’
Dharna Noor
Wed 18 Feb 2026 07.10 EST"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.
"Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback of the '#EndangermentFinding', which states that the buildup of heat-trapping #pollution in the atmosphere endangers #PublicHealth and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from #vehicles, #PowerPlants and other #industrial sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the #ClimateCrisis.
"The suit was brought by the American Public Health Association [#APHA], #AmericanLungAssociation, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund, the #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil [#NRDC], the #SierraClub and 11 other public health and environmental organizations. The lawsuit was filed by green legal organizations #CleanAirTaskForce and #Earthjustice and it names the EPA and the agency’s administrator, #LeeZeldin, as defendants.
" 'EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding and #safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the #CleanAirAct,' said #GretchenGoldman, president and CEO at the #UnionOfConcernedScientists, another one of the groups behind the lawsuit. 'This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science.' "
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuitArchived version:
https://archive.ph/kp4pY#USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #FossilFuelIndustry #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporatePolluters
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits.
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‘The #epa has said that it determined the US would save billions annually by revoking the endangerment determination.
But the agency’s analysis did not account for the money and lives saved by the environmental and public-health protections that the change would eliminate, experts say.’
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The #EndangermentFinding by the #Obama admin is the legal underpinning of nearly all #climate #regulations under the #CleanAirAct for motor vehicles, power plants & other #pollution sources that are heating the planet.
#Legal challenges are certain for an action that repeals all #GreenhouseGas #emissions standards for cars & trucks, & could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as #power plants & #oil & #gas facilities, experts say.
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation
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#Trump has said he believes #ClimateChange is a hoax, & has withdrawn the #US from the #ParisAgreement, leaving the world’s largest historic contributor to #GlobalWarming out of international efforts to combat it.
The #EndangermentFinding was first adopted by the US in 2009, & led the #EPA to take action under the #CleanAirAct of 1963 to curb #emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, & 4 other heat-trapping air pollutants from vehicles, power plants & other industries.
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As the Trump EPA Prepares to Revoke Key Legal Finding on Climate Change, What Happens Next?
Following three of the warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with climate tipping points and …
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CleanAirAct #Climatechange #deregulation #deregulatory #DonaldTrump #endangermentfinding #EnvironmentalProtectionNetwork #EPA #InflationReductionAct #LeeZeldin #Massachusettsv.EPA #NRDC #SupremeCourt #Trumpadministration #UnitedStates #Us #USA
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Following 3 warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with #climate #tippingpoint and grapple with escalating cost of #extremeweather and intense #wildfires, Trump admin this week is expected to formally eliminate #US gov’s role in controlling #greenhousegas #pollution.
By revoking its 17-year-old scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger #publichealth and welfare, #EPA will demolish legal underpinning of authority to act on #climatechange under #CleanAirAct.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/whats-next-after-the-trump-administration-revokes-key-finding-on-climate-change/ -
New Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Exemptions for Polluters
Critics say financial interests of sterilization companies shouldn’t trump public health concerns about ethylene oxide.https://murica.website/2026/02/new-lawsuit-challenges-trumps-exemptions-for-polluters/