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Los Angeles-area methane leak declared permanently sealed
2016-02-18 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. The leak, which began in October and accounted for a fourth of all daily methane emissions statewide at its height, was confirmed by a series of independent laboratory tests to have been successfully sealed as of Wednesday night, officials said. The leak...
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California declares massive gas leak sealed after 16 weeks
2016-02-18 20:15:51| Energy - Topix.net
A blowout at a natural gas well that spewed massive amounts of climate-changing methane for nearly four months and drove thousands of Los Angeles families from their homes has been permanently sealed, state officials declared Thursday. The announcement certifying that the ruptured well had been plugged with cement brought a point of closure in the long-running drama that has disrupted life in the Porter Ranch community and drawn attention to a massive underground storage facility owned by Southern California Gas Co.
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Live Video at 10 a.m.: Major Porter Ranch gas leak announcement
2016-02-18 19:10:52| Energy - Topix.net
This screen grab from a Southern California Gas Co. video filmed Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 shows an aerial view of well at the Aliso Canyon storage facility after the gas leak was stopped on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016.
SoCalGas to be arraigned on criminal charges in Porter Ranch gas leak
2016-02-17 18:09:35| Energy - Topix.net
Southern California Gas Company representatives are expected to appear in a Santa Clarita courtroom today as the company is set to be arraigned on criminal charges involving the nearly four-month-long gas leak near Porter Ranch. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey filed criminal charges earlier this month against the gas company.
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Energy secretary says California gas leak a symptom of age
2016-02-17 02:14:21| Energy - Topix.net
The U.S. energy secretary says a major California gas leak is a sign of aging energy infrastructure and the incident calls for stronger gas storage regulations. Secretary Ernest Moniz on Tuesday visited the site of the Southern California Gas Co.
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