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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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Sickening stench from natural gas leak in California has driven thousands of residents away
2016-01-09 19:22:47| Energy - Topix.net
A sickening stench from an out-of-control natural gas leak has driven thousands of Los Angeles residents from an upscale community. The 11-week leak has spewed massive amounts of climate-changing methane and is blamed for headaches, nausea and nosebleeds.
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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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California declares state of emergency after methane gas leak forces thousands from homes
2016-01-09 04:08:21| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: An ongoing methane gas leak at a facility in Southern California whats been called the nations biggest environmental disaster since the BP oil spill has officially been declared an emergency by Governor Jerry Brown. Natural gas, or methane, first started leaking from Southern California Gas Co.s Aliso Canyon storage facility on October 23 last year. Some 2,300 homes have been evacuated in nearby Porter Ranch, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, after residents began experiencing nosebleeds,...
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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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