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Beacon Hill residents wrote an open letter requesting gas lamps in the neighborhood be replaced with electric bulbs to protect trees harmed by gas leaks. COURTESY OF IAN HOWARD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beacon Hill residents push to replace gas lamps with LED lighting

Katarzyna Jezak December 4, 2020
Those trees were planted in 1977 — the same year the gas lamps were installed. Roughly more than two-thirds of the trees have since died, while the remaining five are in bad health, according to the letter.
A study published Jan. 22 by the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences found that Boston methane gas infrastructure loses 15 billion cubic feet of gas per year. GRAPHIC BY KATELYN PILLEY AND SHIVANI PATEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Wicked Leaky: New study finds flaws in aging Mass. methane pipes

Olivia Deng January 29, 2015

Beneath the ground people walk on is a large network of pipes. These pipes, out-of-sight and seemingly innocuous, have contributed a startling amount of methane gas to the atmosphere, according to a...

Boston gas leaks cause unease among students

Daily Free Press Admin November 27, 2012

Following the discovery of thousands of Boston gas leaks and a gas pipe explosion in Springfield on Nov. 23, a number of Allston residents said they are concerned about the gas leaks found in the city. There...

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