HOCHUL EMBRACES GAS DELGADO SNAGS ENDORSEMENTS POLITICO NY & NJ Energy

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Weekly New York & New Jersey Energy

 

By MARIE J. FRENCH and MONA ZHANG 

 

11/17/2025 10:00 AM EST

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HOCHUL EMBRACES GAS — POLITICO’s Marie J. French and Mona Zhang: Facing a tough reelection battle next year, Gov. Kathy Hochul is steering a monumental pivot on energy policy.

Hochul approved a new gas pipeline championed by President Donald Trump and cut a deal that will keep a gas-fueled cryptocurrency miner running for five more years. The two decisions have sparked outrage from the progressive environmental wing of her party — with three climate-focused groups pointedly endorsing her primary opponent last week.

“She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,” Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, who is primarying Hochul, said “New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.”

With Trump’s antipathy toward renewables like solar and wind, increasing energy demand and skyrocketing utility bills, moderate Democrats like Hochul are embracing an “all-of-the-above” approach to energy policy.

DELGADO SNAGS ENDORSEMENTS — POLITICO's Mona Zhang: Environmental groups and other left-leaning advocates endorsed Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado’s run for New York governor, days after Gov. Kathy Hochul approved a controversial gas pipeline backed by President Donald Trump.

 

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