California state of emergency over methane leak


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California state of emergency over methane leak

 

The governor of California has declared a state of emergency in a suburb of Los Angeles over the leaking of methane gas from an underground storage field.

 

Jerry Brown ordered "all necessary and viable actions" be taken to stop it.

 

More than 2,000 families have been moved from their homes and many people have reported feeling ill because of the leakage, which began in October.

 

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Gas is spewing into the atmosphere at a rate so fast that the well now accounts for about a quarter of the state's total emissions of methane - an extremely potent greenhouse gas

 

That's crazy.  Hopefully they can cap it without any deaths.  

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37 minutes ago, ctebah said:

 

That's crazy.  Hopefully they can cap it without any deaths.  

Hopefully, it doesn't become another "Door to Hell"...

 

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The Door to Hell (also known as the Gates to Hell, the Crater of Fire, Darvaza Crater) is a natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan, that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. Geologists set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas, and it has been burning continuously since then. The diameter of the crater is 69 m, and its depth is 30 m.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell

 

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2 hours ago, ctebah said:

That's crazy.  Hopefully they can cap it without any deaths.  

Yep, and it took the climate change crusader over two months to even acknowledge it (probably cause his sister sits on the board of directors for the parent company).

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  • 5 weeks later...

This still hasn't been fixed yet, eh? GG

 

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California methane leak hits local people - and the global climate

 

A leaking methane well in a Los Angeles suburb has turned quiet residents into loud protesters. With no end in sight after months, comparisons are being made to the Deepwater Horizon spill. Climate impacts are expected.

 

There is still no certain end in sight more than three months after Southern California Gas Company officials revealed that a massive leak is spewing natural gas from their storage facility located in the affluent neighborhood of Porter Ranch in Los Angeles County, southern California.

 

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10 hours ago, Mirumir said:

This still hasn't been fixed yet, eh? GG

 

 

Even more idiotic is that when they fix the leak (supposedly in the coming weeks), people have only 48 hours to return to their homes or else moving expenses won't be covered.

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