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Methane levels at a multimillion-dollar Otay Ranch housing project dropped by more than 50 percent during a recent six-month period, according to a new report, but the source of the gas has yet to be found. Read More »
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Home buyers moving into Otay Ranch development; methane problem resolved
People who bought new homes in Otay Ranch’s Village of Escaya can start moving in Friday — later than planned but after the developer took steps to address methane found at the site. The 450-acre, multimillion-dollar project in eastern Chula Vista stalled late last year when the Otay Water District wouldn’t provide meters for the homes until issues surrounding methane ... Read More »
Developer addressing methane problem at Otay Ranch housing project
The Otay Water District has reached a resolution with HomeFed to install water meters at the developer’s 450-acre Escaya community in Otay Ranch. Read More »
Methane found at multimillion-dollar Escaya housing project in Otay Ranch
Homebuyers in the Chula Vista community known as Village of Escaya can’t move into their homes because government officials have stopped installation of water meters. Read More »
Two ways natural gas may be escaping at your meter
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 »
Two years after Aliso Canyon disaster, hundreds say they’re still sick
Hundreds attended a presentation to hear from a doctor who has been collecting and sending out samples of residents’ blood, urine and hair to laboratories. Read More »
Electricity alone powers one quarter of U.S. homes
Recently we reported that for climate reasons, some environmental groups are starting to advocate for all-electric homes. Those are homes in which all the appliances including heaters, hot water heaters and stoves run on electricity, not natural gas. When it is burned, or particularly if it leaks out unburned, natural gas contributes to climate change. The electricity we get from ... Read More »
Your climate this week
Here are a couple of items of climate news from the last few days you might not want to miss. One is a call by two climate scientists. They want us to spend a little more time contemplating what life on Earth could be like by mid-century: the 5 percent possibility that global warming will be catastrophic by 2050. Imagine ... Read More »
How natural gas became the dirty fuel, at least in your home
Not long ago natural gas was hailed as the clean “bridge fuel,” the one that would create a safe transition from dirtier home fuels such as coal and oil to a fully renewable future. But now the gold standard for a home, from a climate-change perspective, is to go all electric, some experts say. Read More »
Still no cause on Aliso Canyon well disaster
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 »