Climate Change
A Transco Pipeline Plan to Boost Gas in Five States Would Sharply Increase Air Pollution in N.C. Towns
The 42-inch pipeline has a blast zone that includes hundreds of homes, businesses, schools, day cares, parks and recreation centers.
Two compressor stations along Transco’s natural gas pipeline in North Carolina would emit more than 935,000 tons of planet-warming greenhouse gases each year, state records show. The expansion would also contaminate nearby communities with harmful air pollutants up to 350 percent over current levels.