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The massive methane leak in southern California is spurring calls for greater oversight of natural gas infrastructure nationwide. The Environmental Defense Fund says the federal government should look at a Colorado law that regulates inspection and maintenance.
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. The release cancels out hundreds of smaller efforts over more than a decade to clamp down on escapes of the gas, a priority because in the short term, methane is a far more powerful climate-warming gas than carbon dioxide.
New video shows a cloud of bright pink gas over homes and rooftops in the southern California community of Porter Ranch. The cloud is a result of massive natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Field, owned by Southern California Gas.
Ingrid Lobet of inewsource reports for Inside Energy on a massive methane leak in southern California and it’s implications for the state’s rigorous air emissions limits.
The EPA has released proposed federal rules to limit methane emissions.
The Hill | The Obama administration unveils the first-ever regulations targeting methane emissions from oil and gas development.
The Environmental Defense Fund released a report this week on the growing industry of detecting and reducing methane emissions. As drilling companies look to natural gas as a cleaner alternative to coal, its main component, methane, is a cause for concern. Methane mitigation companies are turning this concern into profit and jobs.
New regulations begin to go into effect in May in Colorado to cap methane emissions from oil and gas drilling sites. These regulations could prove to be a model for the rest of the country.
In just two days flying over oil and gas operations in Colorado’s Front Range, scientists found nearly three times as much methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as regulators estimated to be coming from the sites.
