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Natural gas is leaking – sometimes deliberately – from residential gas meters up and down the state of California. That surprise is buried in state documents, a review by inewsource has found. The leaks don’t mean you’re in danger of an explosion. But tiny amounts of natural gas escaping from gas meters not only cost you money, they can be ... Read More »
A fed-up crowd of San Fernando Valley residents commandeered the first of two meetings on the reopening of the Aliso Canyon underground gas storage field last night, rising to their feet, roaring, “Shut it down!” The crowd of about 350, packed to standing room, overwhelmed a mediator hired to shepherd the meeting. They demanded more time to describe health problems ... Read More »
More than a year after a massive methane leak in the northern San Fernando Valley, state regulators are recommending that the storage capacity of the Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon Storage field be drastically reduced as preparations are made to bring the facility back on line. Read More »
It's important to know why this major natural gas accident happened. But documenting conditions at the site, plus damage caused by efforts to address the disaster are both reasons the well pipe has not yet been removed from the ground for study. Read More »
A controversial well injection practice has been stopped at the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Field and is banned in Texas but continues at California's other storage fields. Read More »
After a torrent of methane burst from a storage field owned by Southern California Gas Co., experts agree the company can largely repair that damage. Read More »
How we did the math to rank emissions from Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility compared to other U.S. underground storage operations Read More »
He listened for hissing or rumbling nearly 2 miles below the earth, easing his microphone down the natural gas well known as SS 25. Mitch Findlay heard something that caught his attention. Read More »
Even before a catastrophic well failure turned Aliso Canyon into an international greenhouse-gas pariah, the natural gas storage facility was one of the industry’s worst climate polluters. Read More »
SoCal Gas company officials say the methane leak that has emitted gas since October has been halted. Read More »