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More than 95% of the natural gas that SoCalGas delivers to customers is derived from fossil fuels.
Amazon says it generated 214 million pounds of plastic waste, including items that cannot be recycled, in 2021. An advocacy group says the retail giant actually produced three times as much.
Corporate promises to address society's biggest problems, like abortion rights and climate change, are rife with hypocrisy — including privately lobbying against the social change they publicly support. And they often conflict with corporations' ultimate goal: to make a profit.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta argues that the plastics industry has orchestrated a decades-long "deception campaign" to convince the public that plastic bags are recyclable — and to get around the state's plastic bag ban.
Experts say the bill could prevent 23 million tons of plastic pollution by 2032.