EnsuringSafeandReliableUndergroundNaturalGasStorage-FinalRepor…_0.pdf

October 18, 2016

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Living on Earth: Massive Natural Gas Disaster Hits Los Angeles

January 9, 2016

Since October, a leaking underground natural gas storage facility near Los Angeles has released vast amounts of methane, its main ingredient, into the atmosphere, becoming one of the nation’s worst environmental accidents, as methane starts off 100 times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. Host Steve Curwood and Anthony Ingraffea, a civil and environmental engineer at Cornell University discuss the blowout, including. Professor Ingraffea’s belief that this disaster may be a harbinger of what’s ahead for these aging storage facilities.

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Aliso Canyon methane leak emissions sky-high, pilot scientist found

January 9, 2016

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