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Governor declares emergency over Los Angeles gas leak
2016-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Natural gas has been spewing into the air in the Porter Ranch neighborhood here since late October, sickening residents, prompting thousands to evacuate their homes and pouring greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. Gov. Jerry Brown, faced with mounting public anger and no end in sight to the leak, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday for the neighborhood of about 30,000 at the edge of the San Fernando Valley. And residents - who have been demanding to know why the Southern California Gas Company...
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California declares state of emergency in Los Angeles over Aliso Canyon gas leak
2016-01-07 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
California has declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles suburb following a leak of methane natural gas from a well at the Aliso Canyon near Porter Ranch.
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Ansaldo wins signalling and train control system contract from Los Angeles MTA
2016-01-07 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Ansaldo STS (ASTS) has secured a $31.5m contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) in the US, to design, furnish, test and commission a signalling and train control (S&TC) system for its West Side Subway Exten
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Huge natural gas leak in Los Angeles still months from fix
2016-01-03 03:06:33| Energy - Topix.net
SoCalGas crews and technical experts attempted to safely stop the flow of natural gas leaking from a storage well at the utility's Aliso Canyon facility near Northridge section of Los Angeles on Nov. 3. The escape of tons of natural gas from under a Los Angeles neighborhood is taking months to stop because of pressure from the leak. LOS ANGELES The escape of tons of natural gas from storage under a Los Angeles neighborhood is not likely to be fixed for at least another two months due to the specific dynamics of the leak, according to officials.
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Why Engineers Cant Stop Los Angeles Enormous Methane Leak
2016-01-02 02:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: One of the biggest environmental disasters in US history is happening right now, and youve probably never heard of it. An enormous amount of harmful methane gas is currently erupting from an energy facility in Aliso Canyon, California, at a startling rate of 110,000 pounds per hour. The gas, which carries with it the stench of rotting eggs due to the addition of a chemical called mercaptan, has led to the evacuation 1,700 homes so far. Many residents have already filed lawsuits against the company...
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