In six months, San Francisco will become the first North American city to ban plastic bags. It’s likely that Mayor Gavin Newsom will approve the legislation which was voted in by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. The city, which uses 181 million plastic bags annually is set to save 450,000 gallons of oil a year with this move, as well as eliminating the 1400 tons of plastic bag waste currently sent toย landfills.
A member of staff at the firm advocated for AI deregulation at the Reform-linked conference.
Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in the country and new gas plants for AI data centres could drive costs up further.
A new report reveals oil and gas companies knew as early as the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while launching massive PR campaigns to promote natural gas as clean energy.
The industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.
