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The Toxic Gas Leak That Cant Be Stopped Is a Huge Warning Sign
2016-01-10 05:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fiscal Times: Last summer, the state of Massachusetts made a troubling discovery: in just one Boston suburb--Medford--there had been 249 natural gas leaks, the oldest dating back to 1990. The states gas pipeline system is among the oldest in the country, with some segments 157 years old. Roughly one third of the 21,000 miles of natural gas pipes running under the states cities, suburbs and rolling hills is outdated, and considered leak-prone. Audrey Schulman, president of Home Energy Efficiency Team,...
How huge gas leak turning California Porter Ranch into a ghost town
2016-01-09 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newsweek: In the winter of 2008, a real estate column in the Los Angeles Times profiled Porter Ranch, a collection of subdivisions in the San Fernando Valley that feels utterly removed from the huge city on whose northern edge it lies. The neighborhood is graced with lush parks, the Neighborly Advice column gushed, and attracts residents seeking sanctuary from the urban hubbub. Toll Brothers, the upscale builder that has developed much of the land here, promises potential residents they will relax in...
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Erin Brockovich lends star power to legal fight over huge California methane leak
2016-01-08 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Erin Brockovich sat in an empty hall, awaiting hundreds of people who would soon stream in from a cold California night seeking answers and reassurance, and gave a sigh of familiarity. Ive been doing this for 20-plus years and Ive learned that it wont get better itll get worse, and theyll need to know that Superman is not coming to rescue them. The environmental activist was referring to the leak at a gas storage well in Porter Ranch that has pumped planet-warming methane into the atmosphere...
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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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Climate change targets 'have huge implications for UK pensioners'
2016-01-02 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Britains biggest carbon polluters stand to lose billions of pounds from tough new climate targets and must come clean with their shareholders about the financial crisis that lies ahead, the countrys biggest pension funds have warned. A legally binding agreement struck by world leaders in Paris last month, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically, has huge implications for pensioners, who have billions of pounds invested in carbon-intensive companies. Analysts say that more than three-quarters...
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