To the Editor:

There was a proposal before the Pinelands Commission to run a natural gas pipeline through our Pinelands to refit the B.L. England coal-fired plant in Beesley’s Point, Cape May County, to natural gas or the plant would be closed. The commissioners, in their wisdom, did not approve this plan. The vote was a tie and could not move forward.

In an effort to stack the commission, the governor decided to replace a commissioner who voted against this pipeline.

March 25, 2015