‘We Are Seen as Disposable’: Rural Residents Fight a Proposed Gas Pipeline By Fred Clasen-Kelly Oct. 9, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/pipeline-natural-gas-rural-areas-risks-enbridge-north-carolina-research-triangle/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9UYbBxfLd8uHEu2rKLNR2bOXKkPRkMonNWmZ3J6wqgeWtRby8IrbokAF539N8_lmsAXY1t_LbeNgId7uldHE3nz0gFpA&_hsmi=443416852&utm_content=443416852&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: ‘We Are Seen As Disposable’: Rural Residents Fight A Proposed Gas Pipeline Despite being in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, this rural county of roughly 85,000 people is still brimming with red foxes, coyotes, white-tailed deer, and wild turkeys. But in recent months, Enbridge Gas North Carolina’s proposed plans for a natural gas pipeline have exposed how population growth, here and across the nation, is driving a divide between wealthy newcomers and longtime residents. (Clasen-Kelly, 10/9)