California Gas Leak Is Largest Contributor To Local Climate Change

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The site at Aliso Canyon that has been leaking gas continuously since October 23, 2015. EARTHWORKS/Flickr CC BY 2.0

The gas well leak near Los Angeles in southern California that started last year has continued to stream methane into the air at a rate of 1.7 million cubic meters (62 million cubic feet) per day. This has made the breach the single largest contributor to climate change in the state of California, and makes it the largest U.S.