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 »
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 »
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 »
The Southern California well that has gushed climate-changing methane into the sky for 89 days was operated in a way that is legal but risky, some well experts say. Read More »
The latest aircraft fly-through measurement of the methane gas plume streaming from a broken Sempra natural gas well in Los Angeles County shows the flow, while still massive, has decreased. Read More »
The gas leak is sparking calls for a new watchdog system for methane that takes into account our awakened knowledge of storage fields and infrastructure. Read More »
Officials say a seventh effort to shut down an out-of-control well venting methane from a natural gas storage field north of Los Angeles has failed. Read More »
A giant stream of potent climate-warming gas — methane — is blowing hundreds of feet into the air in Los Angeles County for the seventh week. Read More »
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