Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion in New Jersey: Good or Bad? An NJ Spotlight Roundtable.

At least a dozen new pipeline projects have been either approved or proposed to take advantage of plentiful, low-cost natural gas supplies in neighboring states. For consumers and businesses, that means cheaper electricity and heat, the creation of thousands of new jobs, and the potential to convert large fleets of vehicles to a less-polluting fuel than gasoline, according to advocates. The downside: many of these new pipelines are crossing land that was previously preserved as open space and farmland with taxpayers dollars. Do these new projects have to end in a stalemate? That and other critical questions will be explored in this upcoming NJ Spotlight Roundtable.

Continental breakfast will be served.
Admission is $25.

Panelists:

Maya K. van Rossum, Delaware Riverkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network

Thomas Bracken, President and CEO, NJ Chamber of Commerce

Philip Beachem, President, New Jersey Alliance For Action

Greg Lalevee, Business Manager, Operating Engineers Local 825

Matthew P. Tomich, Vice President, Energy Vision

Doug O'Malley, Director, Environment New Jersey

The William Penn Foundation, PennEast Pipeline, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825