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Company Behind LA Methane Disaster Knew Its Well Was Leaking 24 Yrs Ago
2016-01-16 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Last fall, a 7-inch injection well pipe ruptured 500 feet below the surface of Los Angeles, after ferrying natural gas for six decades. The resulting methane leak is now being called one of the largest environmental disasters since the BP oil spill, has pushed thousands of people out of their homes, and has quickly become the single biggest contributor to climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions in California. But it's not the first time this well sprang a leak--and Southern California Gas...
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