The Climate Bill Already Came Due in New York
In the summer of 2024, Central Hudson customers in New York’s Hudson Valley opened their bills to discover a backbreaking rate increase. Electric bills rose…
The Catskills Have Always Bailed Out New York State
Last month, a bill quietly passed in the New York State Senate that few people in the Catskills know about. Sponsored by Senator Rachel May…
Unfiltered in Delhi: A Community Grapples with Water, Energy, and Self-Government
On a Thursday night in late February, the Okun Theater at SUNY Delhi filled with over 80 students, farmers, engineers, retirees, and local officials who…
Are the Catskills an Environmental Justice Community?
New York’s last water chief cut a deal to open up city-owned Catskills land for renewable energy development. His successor is here to act on…
Unfiltered in Oneonta: What We Heard About Energy, Land & the Catskills
A snowy Saturday did little to thin the crowd at the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, where more than 40 residents and officials gathered…
New York City’s Water Comes From the Catskills. Its Energy Plans May Break Them.
For more than a century, New York City has outsourced a massive infrastructure need to the Catskills: not only storing its water supply, but naturally…
Legitimate Opposition or Local Obstruction? It Depends Who’s Asking
When it comes to the story of energy in America, what counts as “legitimate” opposition and what gets waved aside? It’s been our position that…
The Usual Suspects: Inside Zohran Mamdani’s Energy Transition Team and Why New Yorkers Should Be Worried
New York’s electric grid is nearing the end of its runway. NYISO, the independent operator responsible for keeping the lights on, is issuing its most…
Kingston Event on November 8: Confronting Our Energy Crisis: Documentary Screening and Discussion
New York is in an energy crisis. Despite tens of billions of dollars of investments, electric and heating bills are going higher and higher for…
Why New York Should Classify Nuclear Power as Renewable
A program created by Andrew Cuomo in 2016 to keep vital nuclear power plants running is now up for renewal. As New York faces rising…
The Truth About Storm King: It Wasn’t Unpopular. It Was Sabotaged.
Later this year, environmentalists around the world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Storm King decision. The official tale is well-rehearsed: courageous locals rose…
New York Embraces State-Led Nuclear Development with 1 GW Reactor Plan
In a sharp rebuke to the Jeffersonian-DSA model of 100% renewables under the BPRA, New York signals a return to the Hamiltonian-FDR vision of state-directed…