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Soil frost affects greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic
2016-01-17 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Soil frost is a nearly universal process in the Arctic. In a recent dissertation by doctoral student Marina Becher at Ume University, it is shown that the frequency and extent of soil frost is important for the release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from arctic soil. Soil in the Arctic has for thousands of years gathered large quantities of decomposed organic matter due to the decomposition being slow at the low temperatures in the region. As temperatures in the Arctic are increasing, there...
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Air regulators to consider methane burn-off from gas leak
2016-01-16 23:38:22| Energy - Topix.net
Residents hold signs during a hearing over a gas leak at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon Storage Facility near Porter Ranch, in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. Southern California air regulators face a simple decision Saturday over a 12-week-old gas leak that has plagued Los Angeles residents and driven thousands from their homes.
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The Porter Ranch gas leak update
2016-01-16 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Senators Kevin de León and Fran Pavley announced a package of new legislation that builds on Gov. Browns state of emergency declaration to ensure protections for Californians impacted by the natural gas leak in Porter Ranch. The new legislation will require: a moratorium on new injections into the Aliso Canyon storage facility until experts determine it is safe to resume and a study to see whether it makes sense to continue using the facility. (SB 875) that response costs such as...
Things to know about 12-week-old Los Angeles gas leak
2016-01-16 02:52:38| Energy - Topix.net
A leak from an underground natural gas storage facility that has sickened Los Angeles residents and sent thousands from their homes has been out of control for 12 weeks and a possible fix is expected no sooner than March. Here are some things to know about it: Gov. Jerry Brown declared an emergency for the Southern California Gas Co.
California residents to vent frustrations over state's biggest gas leak
2016-01-15 23:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California residents sickened and forced to evacuate their homes because of the biggest methane gas leak in state history will have a chance Friday to voice frustrations and demand answers from top officials at a community meeting. Neither the state nor the utility have been able to stop the leak that has affected thousands of residents since it was detected on Oct. 23 at an underground natural gas storage field in Porter Ranch in northern Los Angeles. Environmental activists such as Erin Brockovich...
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