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Jersey City is not fooling around when it comes to battling to halt the Spectra Energy pipeline from being routed through Hudson County.

Mayor Jerramiah Healy has sent a letter to President Obama asking him to stop the proposed Spectra Energy natural-gas pipeline that would run through portions of Hudson County.

Last week the state Department of Environmental Protection approved key permits for the Houston energy giant to build the 16 miles of new pipeline through Bayonne, Jersey City and offshore Hoboken, along with parts of Union County.

Healy's appeal to Obama comes shortly after the president postponed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry natural gas from Canada to the Gulf Coast.

Healy says the Spectra proposal is “far more insidious” than the Keystone plan, which has been vilified by environmentalists.