‘We are seen as disposable’: Rural residents fight a proposed gas pipeline

By: Fred Clasen-Kelly

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: October 9, 2026

Words: 1,553

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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This story was produced by KFF Health News.

CHATHAM COUNTY, N.C. — 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 …

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