"New York faces a critical crossroads: regulators have approved the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline, doubling down on fossil fuel infrastructure when accelerating the clean transition is most urgent. Approval does not end the debate-it intensifies it, as communities and environmental groups now turn to the courts to halt the project. Proponents present NESE as a reliability lifeline for rising energy demand."
"Yet the problem is not supply shortage, but a policy choice about what kind of supply we build amid aging infrastructure. Investing in long‑lived gas systems signals to markets that climate goals can wait and wastes capital when a strong economic case already exists for accelerating renewables, storage, and efficiency to cut peak loads and bolster resilience. There are three clear reasons New York should confront the consequences of approving NESE and other expansion projects:"
Regulators approved the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline, prompting legal challenges from communities and environmental groups. The approval favors long‑lived fossil infrastructure over accelerating renewables, storage, and efficiency that could reduce peak loads and increase resilience. New gas pipelines lock in decades of methane and carbon dioxide emissions, and methane leakage erodes any short‑term climate advantage over coal. Pipeline construction and compressor stations threaten water quality, wetlands, coastal ecosystems, and local air quality, posing tangible risks to communities near the Rockaway Transfer Point and routes through New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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