{"id":10702,"date":"2019-06-11T20:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2019-06-11T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T02:00:28","slug":"mothers-out-front-tags-gas-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/mothers-out-front-tags-gas-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers Out Front Tags Gas Leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have noticed some unusual yard signs and flyers displayed in Needham for a week in mid-May — the ones that alerted you to sites of potential gas leaks. Did you wonder how they got there? And why?<\/p>\n

I had the great pleasure of meeting with a passionate, informed, and eloquent mom,\u00a0 Liz Gregg, who spoke about the gas leak alert carried out by the Mothers Out Front Needham chapter<\/a>, which started in our area in January.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Mother\u2019s Day weekend in May, Liz joined with 25 others who had gathered with maps, Mothers Out Front flyers, and yard signs to mark the sites of 71 of the 133<\/u><\/strong> documented, unrepaired gas leaks in Needham. Selectperson Marianne Cooley was kind enough to come out and speak at this kick-off event.<\/p>\n

Many of us heat our homes or cook with natural gas, which is carried in through pipes. The Boston area has one of the oldest pipeline infrastructures in the nation, some over 100 years old. At joints and through cracks, the pipes have the potential to leak methane, a potent greenhouse gas more destructive to the atmosphere than CO2.\u00a0 The gas can be detected in a variety of ways: an identifiable scent, lawns that won\u2019t thrive, trees that fail to grow.<\/p>\n

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The cost of gas wasted through leaks is passed on to consumers, which can be significant.\u00a0 But we all pay in other ways as well, given that the problems of gas leaks include the following:<\/p>\n