"Natural Gas Leak in California Raises Health, Environmental Concerns"

"Southern California Gas Co. says it detected a gas leak on Oct. 23 in its Aliso Canyon storage facility. A month and a half later, it still hasn't been able to stop it.

The company said in a statement on its website that they are drilling a relief well to plug the flow of gas — which they expect will take three to four months to complete.

'It's wholly unacceptable to have a pollution source of this magnitude going for upwards of six months, which is what the projections are,' says Tim O'Conner, the director of California Oil and Gas at the Environmental Defense Fund. 'Everybody is throwing everything they can at it to try to stop it, but it's obviously not been fast enough for the people of Porter Ranch or the climate of the planet.' Porter Ranch is a residential community near the leak site."

Merrit Kennedy reports for NPR December 15, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Workers Wary of Igniting Natural Gas as They Try To Stop Leak Near Porter Ranch" (Los Angeles Times)

"The Hidden Climate Threat That Gas Companies Noticed, But Rarely Fixed" (KQED)