'There is a disparity. It's consistent. It's across the state,' said the study's co-author Marcos Luna, a professor of geography and sustainability at Salem State University. 'This is not acceptable.'
A worker with Columbia Gas pries the manhole cover open as they work to make sure there are no gas leaks at the corner of Parker and Salem streets in Lawrence.
Study co-author Dominic Nicholas built the database used in the study. Nichols, a program director for the Cambridge-based nonprofit Home Energy Efficiency Team , had taken the natural gas utilities' records of gas leaks, geocoded them, and made the data publicly available. The research revealed that gas leaks don't affect everyone in the state equally; rather, race, ethnicity, English language ability, and income are the leading indicators of exposure to leaks. While there was some variation across the state — for instance, income disparity was a larger factor than racial disparity in the Berkshires — the overall findings held true even in areas of the state with denser populations and more gas pipelines, and areas with older gas infrastructure.
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