Fiscal Times: Last summer, the state of Massachusetts made a troubling discovery: in just one Boston suburb--Medford--there had been 249 natural gas leaks, the oldest dating back to 1990.
The states gas pipeline system is among the oldest in the country, with some segments 157 years old. Roughly one third of the 21,000 miles of natural gas pipes running under the states cities, suburbs and rolling hills is outdated, and considered leak-prone.
Audrey Schulman, president of Home Energy Efficiency Team,...