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‘We Are Seen as Disposable’: Rural Residents Fight a Proposed Gas Pipeline

By Fred Clasen-Kelly, KFF Health News · October 9, 2026

Research shows natural gas pipelines — and the public health risks they carry — are concentrated in low-income and minority areas where people suffer higher rates of poverty and physical disabilities and have fewer means to respond to crises.

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‘We Are Seen as Disposable’: Rural Residents Fight a Proposed Gas Pipeline

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