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Not so long ago, New Jersey officials were all about natural gas as the answer to replacing aging power plants and reducing emissions. The promise was cheap gas from hydraulic fracturing, pipelines to fuel new efficient power plants, lots of affordable energy for residents, and work for New Jersey companies and labor unions with close ties to state politics. What's not to like? The pipelines, for some people. Today the promise is offshore wind energy. People in Ocean City, N.J., are angry over Gov. Phil Murphy signing into law legislation that strips local officials of any way to block new cables coming ashore in their town to carry energy from Orsted's planned Ocean Wind project. The scenario rings a bell with Carleton Montgomery, executive director of the nonprofit Pinelands Preservation Alliance. His group helped block a proposed natural gas pipeline through a forest preserve to repower the B.L. England power plant, a former coal-fired generator across the bay from Ocean City. |