NEW YORK POST: NEW YORK'S ENERGY POLICY DEPENDS ON IMPOSSIBLE FANTASY

HIGHLIGHTS ONLY; read the entire article at the link below.  Last Wednesday, the Cuomo administration blocked construction of the proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement project, a 24-mile gas pipeline that would run from New Jersey across New York Bay to near the Rockaways......The move was cheered by environmental groups, which claim that New York doesn’t need more natural gas because it can rely on wind and solar energy instead. But that oft-repeated claim ignores the growing rebellion in upstate communities against Big Wind and Big Solar....On May 9, six days before the Department of Environmental Conservation rejected the permit for the gas pipeline, the town board of Cambria (population: 6,000) unanimously rejected the proposed 100-megawatt Bear Ridge solar project. If built, that $210 million project would cover about 900 acres with solar panels......Wind-energy projects, too, are facing fierce opposition.  MORE AT https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/new-yorks-energy-policy-depends-on-an-impossible-fantasy/