Porter Ranch gas leak permanently capped, officials say
[California] State officials on Thursday announced that the leaking natural gas well in Porter Ranch that spewed ‘plumes of methane and other compounds’ into the atmosphere has been sealed. By Alice Walton, Hailey Branson-Potts and Louis Sahagun. (Feb. 18)
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Methane a mysteriously mighty molecule
Methane is a democratic molecule. You make it, I make it, cows and coal mines emit it. So do termites and multinational oil companies. When NASA looks for life on other planets, they don’t look for little green men, they scan for methane. Methane is the ultimate sign of life. By Lisa Margonelli. -
After 10 years, neighbors of a Wilmington oil drilling operation still complain of health, environmental issues
A decade ago, Los Angeles city planners gave an energy company permission to drill up to 540 wells and produce up to 5,000 barrels of oil a day on a Wilmington site next door to a youth baseball field and blocks of homes.The next few years were... By Bettina Boxall and Joe Mozingo.
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