Though it seems to be oddly absent from the mainstream media headlines, a massive methane gas\u00a0leak\u00a0in Southern California\u2019s Aliso Canyon has prompted thousands of evacuations and, since Oct. 23, has pumped over 150 million pounds of the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. Even though the owners of the methane well, Southern California Gas Co., say this week that they have finally discovered the pipe associated with the leak, it will likely be months before a seal is entirely in place.To truly underscore the seriousness of the Porter Ranch gas leak, the Environmental Defense Fund released an infrared aerial\u00a0video\u00a0this week showing the tremendous, continuous release of methane:Methane gas, in its natural state, is also odorless. However, for safety reasons, foul-smelling additives are artificially included with the gas. In Porter Ranch, a Los Angeles neighborhood and the site of the leak, the additive smell\u2019s intensity has affected the heath of many of residents \u2014 nose bleeds, nausea, headaches and dizzy spells have been reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1654095","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n