Environment archives from inewsource

Aliso Canyon gas leak meeting

Two years after Aliso Canyon disaster, hundreds say they’re still sick

by Ingrid Lobet October 19, 2017August 11, 2020

Southern California homebuilder City Ventures is marketing the all-electric and solar townhouse development in Chula Vista shown in this rendering. Courtesy City Ventures.

Electricity alone powers one quarter of U.S. homes

by Ingrid Lobet September 26, 2017August 11, 2020

The Pacific Ocean, Americas and Atlantic as viewed by the GOES-16 advanced geostationary weather satellite. The NASA-built spacecraft, launched Nov. 19, 2016 and operates approximately 22,300 miles above Earth. Credit: NOAA/NASA

Your climate this week

by Ingrid Lobet September 19, 2017August 11, 2020

Axel Ruiz, 2, plays with arsenic-contaminated water at his family’s home in St. Anthony Mobile Home Park in California. (Maria Esquinca/News21)

Colonias on U.S.-Mexico border struggle with decades-old water issues

by News21 September 9, 2017August 11, 2020

Natural gas meters measure gas used for heating, hot water and cooking. Some say to address climate change residential natural gas should be phased out, now that electricity has become cleaner. (Brandon Quester / inewsource)

How natural gas became the dirty fuel, at least in your home

by Ingrid Lobet August 23, 2017August 11, 2020

The Masters family in El Cajon has an air filter in the living room to reduce chemical vapors from a stream of pollution beneath their home. Vapors have been measured at high levels there and may have been present for years. July 18, 2017. Megan Wood/inewsource

El Cajon family endures months, possibly years of toxic indoor air

by Ingrid Lobet August 10, 2017August 11, 2020

Wind turbines dot the landscape along Interstate 8 in east San Diego County. Michael Schuerman / KPBS

Jerry Brown likely to face decision on 100 percent clean electricity

by Ingrid Lobet July 14, 2017August 11, 2020

Truong Mai, a partner at Ametek environmental consultant ERM, staffs the air testing table at a community meeting on the underground contamination in El Cajon. June 4, 2017. Megan Wood/inewsource

Company offers air testing to all El Cajon mobile home residents

by Ingrid Lobet June 15, 2017August 11, 2020

A plume of TCE runs beneath neighborhoods and businesses in El Cajon. It can turn into a gas, filter up through the ground and collect indoors in unventilated spaces.

Expert: Every home located on toxic plume in El Cajon should be tested

by Ingrid Lobet June 12, 2017August 11, 2020

A tweet from the new account of Patrick Lee of Sempra Infrastructure, LLC.

Sempra backtracks on VP’s “100 percent renewable” comments

by Ingrid Lobet June 1, 2017August 11, 2020