Alberta's government is courting AI data centre developers while planning natural gas pipeline expansion to support both data centres and oil-and-gas production, despite 71% of Albertans opposing nearby facilities. Meta's proposed gigawatt data centre near Edmonton, purchased through a shell company for $300 million, exemplifies the lack of transparency and limited job creation benefits that characterize these projects.
A UCLA study using satellite data identified a Louisiana gas processing facility operated by Energy Transfer as the largest methane super-emitter in the US, releasing 1.56 tonnes per hour from January to June 2025. Energy Transfer, whose billionaire CEO donated millions to Trump, is linked to four of the 15 largest methane-emitting sites studied, accounting for three times more emissions than the next operator.