Today we drove to Pennington, New Jersey, to participate in a protest against PennEast/UGI Pipeline. We heard from a New Jersey state legislator, a U.S. Congress member, and a number of local officials who were worried about the destruction of water supplies, preserved farmland, and sensitive environmental areas. The safety of hundreds of people who will be in the blast zone was also a concern.
I thought of how different it is here in Carbon, where our state legislator, Doyle Heffley, is in the cheering section for the pipeline. I don’t know what our new U.S. Representative, millionaire Dan Meusser thinks about it, but I have a hunch.
The demonstration was at a woman’s house that will be bisected by the pipeline. About 75 people attended the demonstration. We were the only two from Carbon County.
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