BALLONA WETLANDS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE FEIR GRAPHICS UPDATED: Figures, Maps, and Graphic for EIR [103 files] **MAYBE INACCURATE
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Inform Yourself - Oil & Gas Health & Safety Issues
Oil & Gas Reference Materials - 56 Scientific PDFs
2019 Corroded Well Lining Caused Alison Canyon Gas Leak that displaced thousands, report says,"In a 258-page report, investigators said that groundwater had corroded the metal lining of a more-than-50-year-old underground well, leading to its rupture at 892 feet below ground. The report also said that SoCalGas, the company that owns and operates the natural gas well, did not meaningfully investigate or analyze more than 60 previous leaks at the facility The company did not properly monitor its wells at the site, the report said, adding that “the approach to well integrity at Aliso Canyon had been reactive rather than proactive.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/business/porter-ranch-gas-leak.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
2018 Long-Term Viability of Underground Natural Gas Storage in California
A statewide field of leading energy researchers' Report recommends thorough investigation into Playa del Rey/SoCalGas' underground gas storage operations due to lack of gas containment and potential need for shut down.
CCST PDF Click below:
https://ccst.us/publications/2018/Summary%20Report%20v2.pdf
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Ballona Watershed Fly-Over is a bird's eye view of a new vision for Los Angeles, CA https://youtu.be/clfE5HDxOew
Burning Questions, Power Politics (NBC PEABODY AWARD WINNING NEWS SERIES):
Investigative Reports: Playa Vista / Ballona Wetlands / Oilfield Gas problems / LA Methane Mitigation - Does it work at Playa Vista? LA City Controller Laura Chick Audit = the records are "mush" and "deeply flawed".
https://youtu.be/c4O6jI2y_m4
https://youtu.be/y_5PGSmEIj0
https://youtu.be/ji0ed6N2e8Y
https://youtu.be/AN2R1Y2y8Ac
ROGUE METHANE STALKS LA STREETS/ Frank Snepp Exclusives
http://franksneppexclusives.com/?p=102
2016 Porter Ranch Leak Raises Concerns Elsewhere
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2016/2/porter-ranch-leak-raises-concerns-elsewhere.html
In the early 1990's Patricia McPherson, President of Grassroots Coalition, became concerned about oil and gas leaks in Playa del Rey, California. With the help and guidance of Dr. Bernard Endres, an oil field gas migration expert, author and attorney, her interest expanded into oil and gas fields throughout California and continues to this day.
Nathan Phillips, a pioneer of utilizing the PICARRO methodology of ambient methane air testing on streets in Boston, worked with Grassroots Coalition to provide the PICARRO graphics of ambient air methane monitoring for the Los Angeles basin. Above, is one graphic, among many in the Ballona Wetlands area, that reveal high levels of methane out-gassing along Jefferson Blvd. The catch basin, aka freshwater marsh, is seen above, showing the first skyrocketing levels/spikes of methane. The high levels/spikes continue across the Playa Vista site. To the west of Lincoln Blvd. larger spikes of methane can also be seen. (2014)
Bill would delay reopening Aliso Canyon Gas Field
http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/02/02/68716/state-senators-push-legislation-to-delay-reopening
Infographic: Like Porter Ranch, neighborhoods in Playa del Rey, Montebello SIT NEAR aging gas wells |89.3 KPCC
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/02/24/57876/like-porter-ranch-playa-del-rey-montebello-and-oth
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11.10.20 PARK to PLAYA 13.2 MILE FLYOVER of Ballona Watershed
Full 720p 30fps Roads
https://youtu.be/sl4sjhBSRkA
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Argonaut NEWS 4.15.21
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SoCal Gas' own documentation of their gas leakage, migration and expansion beyond their approved boundaries.
Who knew what? Was the City of Los Angeles informed? Was the Public informed by SoCalGas?
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Historical Timeline Download 4 pages in PDF
GRASSROOTS_COALITION-SoCalGas_PDR-Historical_Timeline-4_page_handout-6-15
SoCal Gas PDR Underground Gas Storage Operations:
TIMELINE OF DANGEROUS INCIDENTS & EVENTS IN PLAYA DEL REY / BALLONA WETLANDS. Area Update June 15, 2019.
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February 14, 2020 VALENTINE RALLY to Close Down SoCal Gas Underground Storage Operation and Oppose Industrial Bulldozing of Ballona & Senator Holly Mitchell Speaks Out
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January 6, 2003
Playa Vista Buyers Will Test Capability of Methane Shield
Critics call high-tech safeguards unproven. Courts back experts who devised system.