| What Has the U.S. government Been Hiding About the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster?
A massive ongoing gas leak in southern California is being compared to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. A recently declassified US government report found that the Fukushima catastrophe was far worse than had been originally reported, prompting many to wonder how severe the California gas leak really is. Methane, a greenhouse gas 70 times stronger than carbon dioxide, has been spewing into the air from a natural storage gas site in southern California for almost two months, and it isn't expected to be fixed until this spring. An estimated 145,000 pounds worth of toxic chemicals are leaking from the site every hour. Approximately 700 households have been evacuated. Officials put out a statement that noted, "SoCalGas began drilling a relief well on December 4. The relief well will intercept the steel pipe of the original well—all of seven inches in diameter—thousands of feet below ground. Then crews will pour in cement to seal the wells off permanently." CALIFORNIA GAS LEAK RELEASING AS MUCH
