For years, elected leaders and regulators in New York State and New York City have worked tirelessly to undermine the role of natural gas in the energy sector. In 2014, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned fracking and in the years since, his administration repeatedly blocked...
After 59 years in service, one of New York’s largest electricity generators recently stopped supplying the state with power. Despite the state’s mandate that all electricity must be carbon-free by 2040, three new natural gas-fired facilities will make-up the loss in generation that Indian Point’s...
Politicians in New York just can’t seem to break their climate lawsuit habit despite being dealt three devastating defeats in the past four years. The latest effort is from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who, with just eight months left in his term,...
Consumer Energy Alliance’s latest report has calculated a $25,600 price tag per New York City household if the city continues to follow short sighted goals of banning natural gas use in buildings. The cost to residents will be felt each winter and poses significant challenges...
A recent article in the New York Times made several sensational and dubious allegations about Energy In Depth (EID) and the work that this program does. As the person who started the program back in 2009, I thought it would be useful to provide a...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging deception over climate change impacts, rehashing the same, unfounded “Exxon Knew” claims that were unsuccessfully pushed in the failed New York Attorney General’s case against the company. The state’s decision isn’t surprising,...
On Friday, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed an amended complaint in her lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving Massachusetts investors and consumers about climate change-related risks. Most notably, the attorney general dropped one of the two claims of investor deception, which was largely copied...
U.S. District Judge William Young issued an opinion today on his March decision to remand Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil to state court. While some environmental activists touted today’s issuance of Young’s opinion as “another loss in court for Big Oil” (despite...
New York and New Jersey’s recent decision to block the Northeast Supply Enhancement project could put into jeopardy millions of homes which will require natural gas for heating during the 2021 winter season. The planned $1 billion pipeline would have brought an additional 400 million...
A federal district court in Massachusetts remanded Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil back to state court today after a hearing over the proper jurisdiction for the case. The move reinforced the parallels between Massachusetts’ case and the lawsuit brought by the New...
While Pennsylvanians continue to prosper thanks to growing natural gas production, their neighbors to the north in New York are meeting a much different fate, despite shared access to the Marcellus Shale. In the midst of the Great Recession, Pennsylvania experienced job and wage growth...
On January 27, the New York attorney general filed a motion opposing Energy Policy Advocates’ (EPA) and Robert Schilling’s motion to intervene in the attorney general’s “ill-conceived” securities fraud lawsuit against ExxonMobil. New York lost their case in a resounding defeat in December. EPA, a public interest law firm, and Schilling,...