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Company Behind LA Methane Disaster Knew Its Well Was Leaking 24 Yrs Ago
2016-01-16 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vice: Last fall, a 7-inch injection well pipe ruptured 500 feet below the surface of Los Angeles, after ferrying natural gas for six decades. The resulting methane leak is now being called one of the largest environmental disasters since the BP oil spill, has pushed thousands of people out of their homes, and has quickly become the single biggest contributor to climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions in California. But it's not the first time this well sprang a leak--and Southern California Gas...
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California Air Resources Board Latest Leak Estimates Indicate 60-Percent Reduction Of Porter Ranch Methane Leak
2016-01-13 06:53:07| pollutiononline News Articles
The most recent Aliso Canyon preliminary methane emissions estimates by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) were posted yesterday, showing updated rough estimates of the volume of gas leaking from the well that indicate emissions have decreased from CARB's initial preliminary estimates,SoCalGasannounced today
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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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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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State of emergency declared over Californias ongoing methane leak
2016-01-08 22:00:12| Extremetech
The company responsible for the leak, the Southern California Power Company, has been ordered to begin extensive safety monitoring and to cease injecting new gas into the same storage formation.
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