In October 2015, an underground gas storage well in southern California failed, releasing more than 100,000 metric tons of methane into the atmosphere over four months.
In the days following this – the largest methane emissions event known in the U.S. – people downwind of the
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- By the time @mattkorda wrote this to when our social team logged on to share it, Google rolled back its new deepfake feature. Read Matt's take on this weekend's Nano Banana 2 debacle ⤵️
- The Department of Energy staffing crisis in seven charts 🧵One weird trick to struggle to fulfill any of your energy priorities (clean or otherwise): lose over 2,700 staff with a combined 29,792 years of service. fas.org/publication/do…
- One weird trick to struggle to fulfill any of your energy priorities (clean or otherwise): lose over 2,700 staff with a combined 29,792 years of service.
- FAS supports the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026. If passed, this bill would support wildfire resilience by reducing administrative barriers to getting needed prescribed burns on the ground.

