Proposed New Jersey natural-gas pipelines spark outcry among residents
Trenton, New Jersey
NOT in my backyard, under my street, through my woods, near my dream house or, for that matter, around my chubsuckers.
Thousands of New Jerseyans want nothing to do with proposals to build or expand roughly 15 natural-gas pipelines. No matter that utilities say the projects are necessary in a part of the US where 45 per cent of electricity comes from natural-gas combustion. No matter the promises of better reliability, four years after New Jersey's costliest natural disaster left 1.4 million customers without power.
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