New infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L.A. gas leak "Scientists and environmental experts say the Aliso Canyon leak instantly became the biggest single source of methane emissions in all of California when it began two months ago. The impact of greenhouse gases released since then, measured over a 20-year time frame, is the
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2) California is presented as a role model to emulate whether or not it deserves that being beside the point. This doesn't follow that any more than the water crisis does, hence relative neglect of it.
3) The idea that liberals conceal corporate problems as zealously as conservatives do points out that the entire political system is dysfunctional corporate fellatio, not just half of it, hence neglecting that side of things.
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Or is there some group of people you are referring to with this??
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I think perhaps that's a wrong impression, since early December, it's been reported on consistently by national news networks' programming, cable news, and even political news commentary programs like Rachel Maddow (I first saw coverage there on December 4) and local newspapers and TV stations in Los Angeles have covered it. And that was during a very busy news cycle while the San Bernardino shooting story was on-going ( ... )
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You're right, though: the media coverage of the disaster isn't as important as the steps that are being taken to tackle it. Which is why it occupied exactly one and a half lines of this post (plus the title line, admittedly). Meanwhile, you've occupied an entire thread with it. Frankly, I would've preferred if we had both focused on the remaining, more important part of the issue (and by extension, the post).
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