New York joins fight against offshore wind halt

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OFFSHORE WIND

• New York state’s attorney general sues the Trump administration over its decision to halt work on the Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind projects: ​“This reckless decision puts workers, families, and our climate goals at risk.” (Associated Press)

• Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are at stake in Trump’s latest attempt to suffocate the offshore wind industry. (New York Times)

• The Trump administration offers little support in recent legal filings for its claim that halting offshore wind work is necessary for ​“national security” as it points to a classified November risk assessment. (Rhode Island Current)

TRANSMISSION

• A long-awaited, controversial transmission line transporting hydropower from Quebec into the New England grid is set to come online this week. (Canary Media)

DATA CENTERS

• A Pennsylvania facility is among those included in a trio of major deals Facebook parent company Meta has signed to buy nuclear energy to power its data centers. (CBS News)

• New Jersey lawmakers advance a bill that would require utilities to develop new charges to be levied on data centers and other large loads in an effort to protect consumers from rising power prices. (New Jersey Monitor)

NATURAL GAS

• Amid a housing boom, the gas infrastructure in the New Hampshire Lakes Region doesn’t have the capacity to serve any more new homes without a costly, multiyear upgrade. (New Hampshire Bulletin)

COAL

• A budget bill passed in the U.S. House would divert $500 million from a fund intended to support the cleanup of abandoned coal mining sites, a move that would hit Pennsylvania particularly hard. (Pennsylvania Capital-Star)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• New Jersey awards $32 million in grants to expand EV charging infrastructure and help the state’s schools buy electric school buses and chargers. (EV Infrastructure News)

SOLAR

• A Connecticut program will fund the installation of solar panels on eight affordable multifamily housing properties, saving residents an estimated $350 per year on their utility bills. (Hartford Courant)

WOOD

• Emergency firewood suppliers in Maine report increased demand as colder-than-normal temperatures have more residents seeking help with home heating needs. (Sun Journal)

COMMENTARY

• New Hampshire should conduct an independent assessment of the cancer risks the Seabrook Station nuclear plant poses for residents in light of a recent Harvard study that found higher cancer rates in populations living closer to nuclear facilities, says a nuclear policy historian. (Seacoastonline)