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Aliso Canyon gas leak

Could Dairy Cows Make Up for California's Aliso Canyon Methane Leak?

A nearly $120 million settlement, if approved, aims to mitigate the climate impact of one of the largest U.S. natural gas leaks. Its method is raising some eyebrows.

By Phil McKenna

Dairy cows, like this one in California, are major sources of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Air Around Aliso Canyon Is Declared Safe. So Why Are Families Still Suffering?

By Phil McKenna

Aliso Canyon's disaster was labeled the biggest U.S. methane leak ever

Aliso Canyon Released 97,000 Tons of Methane, Biggest U.S. Leak Ever

By Phil McKenna

What Will Be the Health Impact of 100+ Days of Exposure to California's Methane Leak?

By Phil McKenna

SoCal Gas spokesman Mike Mizrahi answers questions about the methane leak

Leaking Well Temporarily Plugged, New Questions Arise About SoCal Gas

By Phil McKenna

California's New Methane Rules Would Be the Nation's Strongest

By Lisa Song

New Federal Gas Storage Regulations Likely to Mimic Industry's Guidelines

By Phil McKenna

Protesters urge stronger action against So Cal Gas for methane leak

California Attorney General Sues Gas Company for Methane Leak

By Phil McKenna

The Aliso Canyon methane leak has passed 100 days

California's Methane Leak Passes 100 Days, and Other Sobering Numbers

By Phil McKenna

Lawmakers have grilled SoCal Gas officials about their leaking natural gas well

SoCal Gas Knew Aliso Canyon Wells Were Deteriorating a Year Before Leak

By Phil McKenna

Lowering the volume of gas stored at Aliso Canyon has slowed the methane leak.

Order to Keep Gas in Leaking Facility Angers Porter Ranch Residents

By Phil McKenna

People protesting in Aliso Canyon want the whole gas storage facility shut down.

California Well Leaking Methane Ordered Sealed by Air Quality Agency

By Phil McKenna

Mercaptans in Methane Leak Make Porter Ranch Residents Sick, and Fearful

By Lisa Song

Brian Seligman protests the methane leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles

Do Hundreds of Other Gas Storage Sites Risk a Methane Leak?

By Phil McKenna

Leaking Methane Plume Spreading Across L.A.'s San Fernando Valley

By Phil McKenna

Company Behind Methane Leak Is Ordered to Offset the Climate Harm

By Phil McKenna

California Declares State of Emergency as Leak Becomes Methane Equivalent of Deepwater Horizon

By Phil McKenna

California's 'Staggering' Leak Could Spew Methane for Months

By Lisa Song

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