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Methane Leaks Across Los Angeles Basin Mapped
2016-02-26 14:48:00| Waste Age
Science Daily Hundreds of methane-emitting hot spots have been identified across the Los Angeles Basin, including a 'clean ports' truck refueling facility near the Port of Long Beach, power plants, water treatment facilities, and cattle in Chino, according to new findings. read more
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Biggest methane leak US history at old Calif well
2016-02-26 08:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Southern California Gas Co.'s Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. The methane leak, plugged Feb. 12, is the biggest source of emitted gas in U.S. history, according to scientists. Photo courtesy of Flickr. The well blowout in Aliso Canyon near Los Angeles was the largest methane leak in U.S. history and could cost the world more than $100 million in climate damage, experts said. The well emitted 97,100 tons of methane over four months into the dry foothills just north of Los Angeles'...
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Methane leak 'largest in US history'
2016-02-26 08:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A scientific analysis of a natural gas leak near Los Angeles says that it was the biggest in US history. The Aliso Canyon blowout vented almost 100,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere before it was plugged. The impact on the climate is said to be the equivalent of the annual emissions of half a million cars. Researchers say it had a far bigger warming effect than the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. First detected on 23 October, the leak came from one of the 115 wells...
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Study: California Leak Was Top Methane Release in U.S. History
2016-02-25 20:59:02| Energy - Topix.net
Scientists say a gas leak that forced thousands of people from their Los Angeles homes was the largest reported release of climate-changing methane in U.S. history. A study published Thursday in the journal Science says the Southern California Gas Co.
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Gas industry slow to sign up for voluntary methane cuts
2016-02-23 22:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The head of the U.S. natural gas industry group responsible for persuading companies to voluntarily report their methane emissions says he has not seen - and does not expect to see - a high number of companies participating in the program. "Right now I will say that market forces kind of militate against a ton of people jumping-up to be proactive," said Tom Michels, executive director of One Future, a coalition of companies from across the natural gas sector that aims to self-regulate methane emissions....
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