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The California gas leak that prompted a state of emergency, explained
2016-01-12 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: On October 23, Southern California Gas Company discovered a leak at its Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. It is still leaking, spewing methane into the atmosphere, sickening nearby residents, and prompting Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency. It is widely being hailed as the worst environmental disaster since the BP oil spill. And SoCal Gas says the leak likely won't be contained until March at the earliest. There's a lot of great journalism being done around the spill --...
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Aliso Canyon methane leak emissions sky-high, pilot scientist finds
2016-01-12 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A UC Davis scientist flying in a pollution-detecting airplane provided the first, and so far only, estimates of methane emissions spewing from the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility in Southern California since the leak began on Oct. 23, 2015. Those estimates were provided to the California Air Resources Board in November. Pilot and UC Davis project scientist Stephen Conley continues to measure emissions from the still uncontrolled leak, which has displaced thousands of residents in the affluent...
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Back to school for children displaced by LA-area gas leak
2016-01-11 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In the latest disruption from the biggest methane gas leak in California history, nearly 2,000 Los Angeles children returning to class this week after winter break have been reassigned to schools outside the affected area over health concerns. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest public school system, announced the plan after students described headaches, bloody noses, nausea and breathing irritations. Eleven-year-old Cameron Michaels said he suffered daily health...
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LA Councilman Compares Porter Ranch Gas Leak To BP Oil Spill But On Land
2016-01-11 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A natural gas leak in a Los Angeles community is spewing 1,2000 tons of methane into the air daily. Renee Montagne talks to Mitchell Englander, the LA City Councilman who represents Porter Ranch.
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,...
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