There are many natural gas leaks. They are caused by old, rusty, broken pipelines. The leaks are effecting the environment and health. Unions and Environmentalists are debating over this. Many others are too. However, it could costs about eighty two billion dollars. The leaks are a big threaten to us, because of the methane in natural gas. It is extremely explosive, and effects global warming. There are still more that thirty thousand miles of broken rusty pipelines in use. In 2011, there was an explosion caused by leaking pipes.. It had killed five people and destroyed a lot of homes in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In the same year, there was also an explosion and fire caused by the same thing in Philadelphia. About five hundred to seven hundred miles of repair are done each year. Rob Jackson, a scientist, had made a statement about fixing leaks. He explained how it would make everything better, such as, our wealth, lives, health, air quality, and slow down climate change. Another man named Leo Gerard said that if we fix the leaks, it would make us have a cleaner economy. A lot of people are supporting fixing leaks, however, many states still use the old gas pipelines. New York still uses about three thousand miles of old gas pipelines, Boston uses about two thousand, Philadelphia uses about one thousand five hundred, and District of Columbia uses about four hundred. The gas pipelines are really old. Some of them were used more than one hundred years ago. A man named Dean Hubbard says that they are working on repairing the pipelines. Link to article: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/national/environmentalists-unions-seek-to-fix-gas-leaks/article_e38aca34-773b-52b6-8bfd-ff241a566030.html
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