The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday recommended a record $2.25 billion fine be levied against Pacific Gas & Electric for the utility’s role in the massive explosion that killed eight people and destroyed an entire neighborhood in San Bruno, California, two years ago. Ed. Note – If you enjoy the coverage and content you receive
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Natural gas leaks and explosions caused significant damage throughout Colorado and many other areas throughout the country in recent days. On Tuesday, March 19, a massive natural gas explosion in Grand Junction, Colorado, destroyed two homes and sent three people to the hospital according to recent media reports. The natural gas company, Xcel Energy, and
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A major natural gas gathering pipeline owned and operated by the Williams Companies ruptured earlier today in West Virginia, according to recent media reports, just days after the company rejected safety recommendations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in connection with controversial new natural gas pipeline of similar diameter proposed for New York City.
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Shortly after 11 p.m. EST, a massive explosion destroyed five homes and severely damaged as many as 80 others in Indianapolis, Indiana, according to recent media reports. Two people are presumed dead and seven more were injured in the incident, which occurred in the city’s southside Richmond Hill neighborhood. Several federal agencies, including the Department
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The National Transportation Safety Board, the agency charged with investigating natural gas pipeline explosions, released some videos explaining the circumstances surrounding the notorious San Bruno blast, which killed eight and destroyed an entire neighborhood in the San Francisco suburb in September 2010. If you’ve got some time, they’re worth watching.

If you’ve seen the NMA.tv clips on The Daily Show, you might like this. We particularly like the grunge dude calling in the gas leak. Ed. note – if you like the content you get here on NaturalGasWatch.org, please take a moment to click on one of the ads you might see on the right-hand
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The Williams Transco natural gas pipeline, an 11,000 mile pipeline that runs from the Gulf Coast to markets on the eastern seaboard, sprung a leak in Bergen County, New Jersey, according to a recent media report. The leak in a 36-inch-diameter section of the pipeline represents the second incident calling in to question the pipeline’s
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Federal pipeline safety watchdogs have cited a natural gas subsidiary of TransCanada, the corporation behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, for alleged inadequacies in the company’s Operator Qualifications Plans and Procedures, according to documents obtained by NaturalGasWatch.org. A PHMSA spokesperson told NaturalGasWatch.org that TransCanada was, “missing some records.” “They were unable to demonstrate that all
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A coalition of environmental and pipeline safety advocates warned yesterday that Republican attempts to amend a bill that would beef up pipeline safety regulations and the agency that enforces them would do “more harm than good.” The problem with the amendment to S. 275, put forward by Sen. John Thune (R – S.D.), the advocates
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By naturalgaswatch.org staff. A rundown of the leaks and explosions that made headlines around the country during the past week. The Latest: A few minutes after 2 a.m. this morning, a natural gas line in Illinois exploded in rural Scott County, forcing 100 people to evacuate the rural area, according to a report from television
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