On the January 12th edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the methane gas disaster in Southern California.
Two months ago, a SoCal Gas pipe erupted causing more than 80,000 metric tons of methane gas to spew into the air in Southern California according to Environmental Defense Fund estimates. SoCal Gas says the leak may not be plugged until spring. Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich says the gas leak is the worst environmental disaster in the US since the BP oil spill.
What are the public health and environmental implications? Who is being held accountable? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Alexandra Nagy, the Southern California Organizer at the Los Angeles branch of Food & Water Watch
Timothy O’Conner, the Director of Environmental Defense Fund's Oil and Gas Program in California
Web Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WAXYGvqe1s&feature=youtu.be
Food & Water Watch: Exposing the Biggest Climate Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
Environmental Defense Fund: Aliso Canyon leak sheds light on national problem
SoCal Gas: Aliso Canyon Updates
California Air Resource Board: Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak
EPA: Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
BBC: How many cars and burping cows does equal the California gas leak?
The Independent: California methane gas leak 'more damaging than Deepwater Horizon disaster'
LA Weekly: What Went Wrong at Porter Ranch?
Earth Works: Porter Ranch methane leak doesn’t bode well for climate