Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board dismissal of the appeal of xAI's turbine permit (6-1)

On December 15, 2025, after a seven-hour hearing at the University of Memphis, the Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board voted 6-1 to grant the health department's and xAI's motions to dismiss as moot the appeal filed July 15, 2025 by the NAACP and Young, Gifted & Green (represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center) against permit 01156-01PC and the department's "nonroad engine" decision exempting temporary turbines from permitting. The permit stands. The board's written order is not posted on the health department's site; the vote is taken from The Commercial Appeal and Action News 5 reports of December 15-16, 2025.