1/28: Senate to Take Up Ban on New Gas at Aliso Canyon
January 28, 2016Senate to take up ban on new gas at Aliso Canyon
A state senator plans to try to rush through a bill putting a moratorium on injections of natural gas into a leaking Aliso Canyon storage facility. A spokesman for Democratic Sen. Fran Pavley of Agoura Hills says the Natural Resources and Water Committee and the full Senate will both take up the legislation Thursday. Read more about the ban here.
Gas company has no plans to shut down Aliso Canyon storage facility
A gas company representative told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the utility has no plans to shut down its Aliso Canyon storage facility, where a broken well has been leaking gas since October. Read more about their plans here.
SOCAL AIR QUALITY DISTRICT FILES $25M LAWSUIT AGAINST UTILITY OVER PORTER RANCH GAS LEAK [Video]
The South Coast Air Quality Management District filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Southern California Gas Company, seeking penalties that could be more than $25 million for the ongoing gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood. Watch the video here.
Residents In Porter Ranch Remain Unclear As To Fate Of Underground Aging Wells [Video]
Residents in Porter Ranch remain unclear as to the fate of many aging underground wells. This after Congressman Brad Sherman announced that Southern California Gas committed to killing 18 wells at the Aliso Canyon storage facility. See the video here.
Timeline of events involving the Porter Ranch gas leak
A natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon underground storage field near Porter Ranch has yet to be contained, and is emitting gases that could have lasting effects on the environment. See the timeline of events here.
Porter Ranch: Nosebleeds and Dead Hummingbirds
Four years ago, Robin Kutchai lost her husband to cancer. “We got the diagnosis that his body was full of tumors two weeks before he died,” she said, perched at the bar of the Woodland Hills Hilton, where she’s temporarily holed up. They had been married 10 weeks after they’d met, 35 years ago. Telling the story, her large, neatly made-up eyes welled with tears. Read the story here.
Porter Ranch: California utility regulators want all underground gas wells checked for leaks
The natural gas leak near Porter Ranch in the San Fernando Valley has prompted California state utilities regulators to order all similar gas wells to be checked for leaks. Learn more about the wells here.
Sempra Energy See Large Inflow of Money
Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) had a weak trading session and its shares were last down at $92, down -0.07% or -0.08 points. The trading data also revealed that the total net flow stood at $0.92 million as the shares had $15.64 million in upticks but lost $14.72 million in downticks. The up/down ratio was 1.06. Read more about the stock here.
How the Porter Ranch gas leak affects SMMUSD
Behind the scenes, officials in the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s transportation department do what they can to have school buses running smoothly and on time. Sometimes, weather or traffic conditions on Pacific Coast Highway cause route delays. Other times, mechanical issues force them to call for backup vehicles. Find out how the school district was effected here.
California Wants Millions for Methane Leak
California on Tuesday sued SoCalGas for $440,000 per day in fines for its negligent response to the massive methane gas leak that has displaced thousands of people in the San Fernando Valley. Read more about the fines here.
