Too many communities have been left to deal with fallouts from an aging, failure-prone fossil fuel infrastructure network. One such disaster occurred at the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility near the Southern California community of Porter Ranch.

In the face of rising methane pollution, cutting methane emissions is essential to combating climate change and building healthier communities. These are the stories of five Americans who are living on the frontlines of methane pollution, and who are fighting for strong safeguards.