The Pinelands Commission did not approve the South Jersey Gas pipeline through the Pineland. Now, SJGas is using the South Jersey Board of Public Utilities to try to circumvent the decision and get the pipeline built anyway, jeopardizing the biggest aquifer in the region. Four governors spoke out against this pipeline.
Why is this important?
This petition is about the air I breath and the water I drink. I live in Cape May County and the option of clean energy is on the table. However, our state's Board of Public Utilities has stalled the wind energy leases and is favoring South Jersey Gas, a private fossil fuel company that proposes to go through our Pinelands, that has a huge aquifer of pure water, rather than other routes which may cost them more money.
The Pinelands Commission has already denied this route. We need to move forward and no longer use fossil fuels and replace them with clean energy, wind, and solar. This is the future.
