The first 100 days of the second Trump administration (actually 113 days) have seen the fantasy of almost complete abandonment that the country's government can change the weather and “save the planet” by curbing the use of hydrocarbon fuels and weakening people. [emphasis, links added]
The Biden administration's “climate” and energy policy, which reached thousands of pages in regulations, billions of dollars in grants and subsidies for uneconomic energy projects, has been quickly reversed.
In the past few weeks, examples include:
These are just examples. And more.
Of course, that will cost trillions of dollars, but that's almost all their money, not yours.
At this point, you might think that the Blue Country might prompt.
As a blue state, you once thought you were starting an energy “transition” through the full support and support of the federal government and with its vast power and unlimited checkbook.
Of course, that will cost trillions of dollars, but that's almost all their money, not yours. If it doesn't work out somehow, you won't be the one on the hook.
Now, all of this has changed.
In the blink of an eye, the infinite deep pockets were no longer supported. Not only is the federal government no longer your companion and financial candy, but it has even taken steps to hinder and hinder your efforts.
So, is it meaningful to move forward? As a lonely blue state, you don't have remote resources to remove fossil fuels from your energy system by yourself. Maybe, would it be better to just lie down for a few years and wait for the next friendly government in Washington?
Well, if you are New York State, that's not how you react.
Your religious passion makes you now ready to do it entirely alone in defiance of the laws of physics and thermodynamics.
Even if the federal government tells New York to hike, it’s some of the latest antics on the Climate Front by New York officials and climate activists:
excerpt: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the state's 2025-2026 budget on Friday, This includes more than $1 billion in climate change-focused investments, including funds to reduce building emissions and accelerate the rollout of electrical transport. … Key climate-focused allocations in the new budget include $450 million targeting reductions in building emissions, including investments in energy-efficient retrofits and clean heating technologies like heat pumps, more than $200 million for thermal energy networks, $250 million to support electric school buses, fast-charging stations and a NYSERDA rebate program for installing EV charging stations, as well as $200 million for renewable energy expansion and grid modernization.
Here, no one has rudely enough to mention that $1 billion is an effort to eliminate hydrocarbon fuels. If you take this work seriously, that number will be more like $1 trillion. But don't worry, no one has enough digital power to understand this when reading these things.
New York City Auditor General Brad Lander condemned the Trump administration’s threat to drastically remove climate progress and transformed with climate activists from New York communities, 350 New York City and Friday’s future to announce new actions from the Auditor General’s Office to reduce the launch of New York City. … [T]o Strongly opposed the federal rollback, Auditor General Lander provided additional requirements to asset managers who managed the New York City Employee Retirement System (NYCERS), Teacher Retirement System (TRS), and Board of Education Retirement System (BERS).
- In a previous statement on March 26, reported among net zero investors, Lander vowed This city “Not going to retreat an inch” Despite the action taken by the Trump administration, it is in its climate plan.
- Brooke, our local group of environmental activists, has no climate orthodoxy. On March 31, a group of four climate activists organized the lawsuit against the state government to make progress on greenhouse gas reduction targets faster.
March 31 from New York Focus:
Four environmental and climate justice organizations have proposed litigation On Monday, in state court, New York was claimed to be “a necessary climate action that totally violates its legal obligations.” By not releasing the entire economic emission rules, the state Department of Environmental Protection or DEC “violating clear directives from the legislature” and “extending New Yorkers' exposure to air pollution…especially in adverse communities,” the lawsuit said. This is the first lawsuit accusing the state of failure to enforce its 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act or the core mission of CLCPA: By 2050, nearly all greenhouse gas emissions in New York will be eliminated.
So there is a lot of fanaticism among local politicians and activists.
But, despite this, I can’t find a sentence on how their plans are in line with the greenhouse gas reduction and green energy provisions under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019, and now all federal support has been withdrawn.
As an element, 9,000 MW of offshore winds should be built to replace onshore fossil fuel power plants.
Now, the Trump administration is hindering the development of offshore wind. I can't find any news about New York elected or energy officials that if they can't build offshore wind facilities, they plan how to transition energy supply.
So we move forward with officials in a bluff, bold and denial state, without any plan to comply with the impossible tasks of the Climate Act.
We all know this is doomed to fail, but it may have been a few years before we can see failure.
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