Environmental disasters in the news

Aliso Canyon (aka Porter Ranch) gas leak in Los Angeles County

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliso_Canyon_gas_leak

Methane leak began in October, all efforts to plug it have been ineffective.

By December 25, 2015 more than 2,200 families from the affluent Porter Ranch neighborhood in northern Los Angeles had been temporarily relocated, and more than 2,500 households were still being processed. As of January 7, 2016, 2,824 households or about 11,296 people had been temporarily relocated by SoCal Gas while more than 6,500 families have filed for help. Two schools were to be relocated in January.

http://gizmodo.com/las-gas-leak-disaster-is-a-bigger-problem-than-you-real-17500...

Flint, Michigan water crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

Ongoing seabird die-off in the Gulf of Alaska is the largest ever recorded.

http://www.adn.com/article/20160129/scientists-think-gulf-alaska-seabird-die-big...

Immediate cause of death is starvation.

PA fracking water contamination lawsuit:

http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/03/10/Jury-awards...

lead in Scanton, PA water supply:

http://www.pahomepage.com/news/lead-in-nepa-water