I can't make this stuff up if I tried:
"About 100 municipalities, mostly in Central and Western Massachusetts, weren't sent BioReady surveys because they don't have natural gas - a utility required by biotech companies."
Why that is I have no idea -- and the paper does not tell us. Why?
Besides, they can keep 'em; I don't want those looters out here!
Also see: Biotech Giveaway Was Borrowed Money and related links within.