A raucous crowd calling for the permanent closure of the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field after a months-long well leak that prompted mass evacuations cut short a public meeting on Wednesday, refusing to allow more comment from speakers who favor reopening the field. As the heads of two state agencies sat stolidly on stage, the facilitator of the scheduled public meeting in the San Fernando Valley declared that the atmosphere was just too heated and ended the gathering less than two hours after it began.
Category: Porter-Ranch, CA
Newly detected Aliso Canyon natural gas leak is a off-gassing,a says SoCalGas
The original gas leak detected on Oct. 23, 2015 at Aliso Canyon emitted 109,000 metric tons of methane and displaced at least 7,000 Porter Ranch area residents. PORTER RANCH – There are possible new concerns for Porter Ranch residents near the Aliso Canyon underground gas field today as a small amount of methane was detected seeping out of soil near a gas well plugged earlier this year following a four-month leak.