Politics Credit: Joshua J. Cotten/Unsplash NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis Suit alleges the billionaire’s AI company is illegally spewing toxic pollutants from its datacenters in the Memphis area.
Politics Gore pressed Biden to stick with climate plans as liberals fear White House is softening its agenda The president and former vice president had a private phone call amid concerns the White House might strip climate measures from infrastructure deal.
Newsletter www.eenews.net Environmental justice: Memphis pipeline rekindles eminent domain fight Many states give pipeline companies power to condemn land. A fight in Memphis is testing whether that's a recipe for environmental injustice.
Impacts undark.org In a cross-state aquifer spat, a view of a water-stressed future Mississippi sued Memphis over its use of a deep aquifer. A possibly paradigm-shifting Supreme Court decision looms.
Newsletter insideclimatenews.org Cities pressure TVA to boost renewable energy as Memphis weighs breaking away Solar and wind supporters see Memphis as a beachhead in their fight to get the federally owned TVA to close coal plants. The city sees a way to save money.
