LA gas leak: worst in US history spewed as much pollution as 600,000 cars
by Oliver Milman from on (#158JG)
Emissions from Aliso Canyon leak, which took 112 days to plug, totalled 97,100 tonnes of methane - equal to annual output of a medium-sized EU country
A natural gas leak in the mountains above Los Angeles was one of the worst accidental discharges of greenhouse gases in US history. A new study shows the months-long disaster resulted in 97,100 metric tonnes of methane being dumped into the atmosphere.
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