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  Here’s Harckhams Bill , This just cannot pass! https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S5498

  Technically Speaking Renewable energy hit a  record 26%  of US electricity generation in 2025, despite the rollback of clean-energy incentives. To some observers, that milestone may suggest an inevitable switch to renewables. But today’s  renewable surge may be more of a lagging indicator of yesterday’s choices rather than current policy. Projects at utility scale take years to finance, permit, and build out—meaning many wind farms and solar arrays that came online in 2025 were likely funded under the Inflation Reduction Act’s far more generous subsidy policies. When Congress reforms energy tax credits, it should match sector realities. It would be better to adopt multi-year phaseout schedules written directly into statute than to have abrupt policy expirations that reflect the latest political developments. Energy infrastructure is built on timelines that don’t always neatly fit political cycles. Utility-scale wind or solar projects can take from three to seven ye...

Oil & gas lobbyists are quietly begging President Trump to back off offshore wind. ( Latitude Media )   Their reasoning?  The president’s crusade is torpedoing their top legislative priority: permitting reform.   Breaking it down : O&G wants a future for the SPEED Act, the permitting reform bill that passed the House in December and could slash litigation filing deadlines and protect approved projects from the courts. Importantly, though? The bill also included a provision preventing presidents from rescinding permits without a court order.   That last one would also outlaw President Trump's executive orders halting offshore wind.  Senate Democrats have frozen federal permitting reform negotiations until the   administration backs down.   NEWS: Trump's war on wind is killing the permitting reform oil and gas wants  

March 6, 2026   In the quest to transform our energy systems, policymakers often promise a magical alchemy: turn away from reliable but "dirty" sources like coal, oil, and even nuclear, and replace them with abundant, cheap green energy. New York State has been a laboratory for this experiment since the early 2000s, aggressively phasing out fossil fuels and nuclear plants under the banner of environmental virtue. The result? Skyrocketing electricity bills for residents, even as overall consumption has declined. New York's experience offers a stark warning: green dreams can turn into economic nightmares  when they ignore basic math  and reality. Back in 2007, New York generated about 150 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in-state. Coal accounted for roughly 14% of that mix, petroleum products (mostly oil) about 6%, and nuclear a robust 28%. Renewables, primarily hydroelectricity, made up around 20%, with natural gas filling much of the rest. Fast-forward to 2021 -- the l...

Thu, March 5, 2026   OKLAHOMA CITY, March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dozens of groups made up of farmers, ranchers, tribal members, energy workers, and grassroots organizations will gather at the Oklahoma State Capitol on March 7th from 1:00–3:00 PM to demand an immediate halt to what organizers call a "subsidy-driven wind turbine onslaught" across eastern Oklahoma. CFACT Logo (Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow)   Expected keynote speakers include Rep. Jim Shaw, Iowa Tribe Chairman Jake Keyes, Sen. Shane Jett, Rep. Molly Jenkins, and Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow President (CFACT) Craig Rucker.   Concerned counties, including Lincoln, Craig, Nowata, McIntosh, Okfuskee, and Seminole, are now facing large-scale industrial wind projects that threaten property rights, rural landscapes, and household electric bills.   Wind developers face a critical federal benchmark: projects that fail to meet construction thresholds before July 4 risk losing major pro...

Schuyler County in New York is home to a bucolic state park, an automobile race track and one day—if Judy McKinney Cherry has her way—a nuclear power plant.  In summer 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul  ordered  the construction of an “advanced nuclear power plant,” and  eight upstate communities , including Schuyler County, have  expressed interest  in hosting it. The New York Power Authority, a state-owned utility, would lead the project in partnership with developers.  McKinney Cherry, who heads the county’s economic development corporation, hopes nuclear technology could provide enough power to bring manufacturing back to the region. But as the state pushes ahead with plans to build its first nuclear power plant in decades, communities, nuclear power developers and local scientists are questioning Hochul’s plans—which could impact the state’s economy, environment and utility bills for years to come.  Renewed interest in nuclear energy is linked to a rec...