Unplugged natural gas leak threatens Alaska’s endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales

Unplugged natural gas leak threatens Alaska’s endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales 

By Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News (Feb 24, 2017) “It’s a fairly decent sized ongoing leak of methane, especially when it’s unclear when they’ll actually get it shut down,” said Carl Weimer, the executive director of the nonprofit Pipeline Safety Trust. “Lots of methane going in the air is a concern as well as how it might be messing with the habitat.”