Natural gas systems for residential heating and cooking are in the news again (recall it was 2018 when a number of homes exploded in Lawrence, MA; later attributed to faulty pipework). An article in the American Geophysical Union's EOS publication (21MAY21) discusses the longer-term demise of street trees in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston being attributed to natural gas system leaks in subsurface. There's a neat story here between the science of monitoring methane and translating this to action that protects human health (and safety) and the environment via both grassroots activism and policy-making. The attached PDF is the full EOS article that references journal papers, in case URL does not work.
Related sites:
Gas Leaks Allies: https://www.gasleaksallies.org/who-we-are