Please tell us 907, and be specific: AKA no hand waving, what is the solubility of methane in 30 degF Cook Inlet waters?  I suspect you will want to make the claim that the leaking greenhouse gas, methane, going into the atmosphere is reason enough.  The truth be told, there is less naturally leaking methane into the atmosphere coming from the sea floor since the reservoir pressure has been reduced from decades of gas production Cook Inlet.

So without hand waving, what are the specific pollution effects to Cook Inlet waters when viewing the solubility of methane in our waters.  I don't know of any significant issues and I suspect that you just like to make stuff up along with others within the group of guilt ridden faux environmentalists.  Note that most Cook Inlet gas is almost pure methane in composition so do not try to compare the environmental consequences to natural gas streams loaded with heaver hydrocarbons from other locals that can condense into liquid hydrocarbons.