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EPA Probes Porter Ranch Natural Gas Leak
2016-01-02 06:18:07| Energy - Topix.net
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is now investigating a massive ongoing natural gas leak in Los Angeles' Porter Ranch neighborhood that's being called one of the worst environmental disasters in years. More than two months after the leak started, methane gas continues to escape from an underground pipe at Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon facility.
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Why Engineers Cant Stop Los Angeles Enormous Methane Leak
2016-01-02 02:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: One of the biggest environmental disasters in US history is happening right now, and youve probably never heard of it. An enormous amount of harmful methane gas is currently erupting from an energy facility in Aliso Canyon, California, at a startling rate of 110,000 pounds per hour. The gas, which carries with it the stench of rotting eggs due to the addition of a chemical called mercaptan, has led to the evacuation 1,700 homes so far. Many residents have already filed lawsuits against the company...
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Supervisor calls for makeover of a corrupta regulatory system in wake of Porter Ranch leak
2016-01-01 04:05:08| Energy - Topix.net
MTA board member Mike Antonovich speaks during a press conference as part of California Rail Safety Month at Union Station, Los Angeles, Ca. Sept.
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LA's Gas Leak Is a Global Disaster
2015-12-31 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmodo: ne of the worst environmental disasters of the decade is currently underway in a quiet community 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Putrid, methane-rich natural gas has been spewing into the air at an estimated rate of nearly 1,300 metric tons per day for over two months. Experts are calling it the climate version of the BP oil spill, and the leak isnt going to be contained anytime soon. Natural gas is often touted as a cleaner energy source than oil or coal, because of the lower greenhouse gas...
Why we cant plug Southern Californias massive methane leak
2015-12-29 19:09:21| Extremetech
There's a massive methane leak in Los Angeles, and city officials and the company that owns the property can't do anything to stop it in the short term. We investigate the issue, and the seriousness of the problem.
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