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New natural gas pipeline to NC could dampen interest in fracking
2014-06-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Charlotte Observer: North Carolina could soon be deluged with cheap and abundant natural gas from the Marcellus Shale through a major pipeline expansion that could dampen urgency to incubate a home-grown fracking industry. Proposals to build a new interstate transmission line by late 2018 could double the volume of natural gas flowing into North Carolina from gas-producing regions. Duke Energy's natural gas-burning power plants would be the primary customers; but the fuel would also be available for local industrial...
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