Fossil fuel front groups use Dems to push agenda

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FOSSIL FUELS

• As New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promotes an ​“all-of-the-above” energy strategy, a natural gas interest group ramps up efforts to encourage the state to roll back its climate goals. (New York Focus)

• The same industry front group works with Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania in an attempt to sway voters and lawmakers to support fossil fuels. (Inside Climate News)

CLIMATE

• Northeastern states with ambitious climate targets are rethinking their goals in the face of soaring power prices and the Trump administration’s hostility to clean energy. (New York Times)

• Advocates worry that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not taken enough action to advance the city’s climate and clean energy goals. (Inside Climate News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Interest in EVs is surging in the Boston area as gas prices top $4 per gallon. (WGBH)

DATA CENTERS

• Maine Gov. Janet Mills expresses reservations about a data center ban passed by the state legislature, saying a facility currently in the works would bring much-needed jobs. (Bangor Daily News)

WIND

• Vineyard Wind sues GE Renewables, its wind turbine manufacturer, after the company announces plans to terminate service and maintenance contracts at the end of April. (Associated Press)

• New York state regulators issue siting permits for a planned 24-turbine wind farm expected to be operational by 2028. (Renewables Now)

SOLAR

• Howard County, Maryland, announces plans to develop five community solar projects that will provide power to low- and moderate-income households. (news release)

• A proposed 4.6-MW solar farm in Connecticut faces opposition from locals who worry the project would mar scenic views and disrupt business for a local disc golf company. (Hartford Courant)

• Pennsylvania state lawmakers consider bills promoting the construction of solar arrays on warehouse rooftops. (PennLive)

STORAGE

• A Massachusetts-based company with plans to build a plant to recycle used EV batteries files for bankruptcy after losing $316 million in federal funding. (E&E News)