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Gas blowout near Los Angeles leads to up to $1.8B settlement

Gas blowout near Los Angeles leads to up to $1.8B settlement

Thousands of families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation's largest-known natural gas leak have reached a settlement of up to $1.8 billion with a utility, attorneys said Monday.

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Already burning for a month, fracked gas blowout in Louisiana could last two more months
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Already burning for a month, fracked gas blowout in Louisiana could last two more months

For the fifth week since the blowout began, a large flare is still burning at the site of GEP Haynesville, LLC's blown out fracked gas wells in northwestern Louisiana. The blowout occurred on August 30, shortly after the company began a frack job, igniting two adjacent wells.

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The gas field next door: living amid old storage wells at risk of leaks
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The gas field next door: living amid old storage wells at risk of leaks

Many Americans live within a city block of aging, natural gas storage wells that lack safety features to prevent major leaks.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Opinion: Trump allies aim to take U.S. energy policy back in time

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Puerto Rico’s climate scientists lose federal support amid new Trump policies

Yellow bicycles beside black fence in Paris.

Paris tests public support for green streets by voting on car-free zones

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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Court ruling against Greenpeace sends warning to protest groups nationwide

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EPA dismantles decades of work on environmental justice