A massive legal fight still hangs over the Aliso Canyon gas leak, five years later

Protesters lay down pictures of Southern California residents affected by the record-setting gas leak in 2015 at SoCalGasís Aliso Canyon storage facility in Los Angeles outside of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s home in Fair Oaks on Tuesday, Oct 20, 2020, to mark the five-year anniversary of the event. They are calling for the closure of the facility. (Photo by Paul Kitagaki Jr./Sacramento Bee) Aliso Canyon gas storage facility in Porter Ranch Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Aliso Canyon: Five Years of Tumult Part one: The leak spurred quite literally dozens of lawsuits involving thousands of plaintiffs.

Part two: An infographic offers a glimpse of the leak, the effort to stop it and trends in energy consumption in California. Part three : Five years after Aliso Canyon gas leak, public health at the heart of the tug-of-war . Part four : In Porter Ranch, development returns, but angst endures for some residents. Part five, today : The future of the Aliso Canyon facility – SoCalGas calls it essential, but not all agree. Related : Timeline portrays key moments in five years of Aliso Canyon developments The Aliso Canyon storage facility leak, which released an […]

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