Massive natural gas leak in Los Angeles prompts governor to declare emergency
by Suzanne Goldenberg from on (#ZW0S)
Jerry Brown calls on officials to ensure gas company plugs leak as campaigners say storage facility is releasing equivalent of 7m cars' emissions daily
California governor Jerry Brown declared an emergency on Wednesday in a Los Angeles neighborhood where a blown-out natural gas well has been spewing record amounts of global warming pollution.
Ten weeks after the 23 October breach was detected, Brown ordered state agencies to make sure Southern California Gas Company, which owns the stricken natural gas storage facility, plugs the leak.
