Colin Kinniburgh is a reporter at New York Focus, covering the state’s climate and environmental politics. He has worked in media for more than a decade, across print, television, audio, and online news, and participated in fellowship programs at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism, the Metcalf Institute, and the NYU Stern School of Business. His climate reporting earned a New York Press Club award.
New Yorkers will pay more for wind and solar if Hochul doesn’t sign property tax legislation in the coming days, the industry says.
Just last month, the state argued in court that it couldn’t halt the all-electric buildings law even if it wanted to. Then it abruptly changed course.
Federal HEAP funding will not reach New Yorkers until at least November 24, state officials say.
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline had been rejected by environmental regulators three times but was revived this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.
Working Families Party–backed candidates flipped county legislatures, won big-city mayoralties, and secured an Assembly seat in Elise Stefanik’s backyard.
The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label.
“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.
The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found.
Governor Kathy Hochul has yet to indicate whether, or how, New York might plug a funding hole for Empower+, a key energy affordability program.
In a state Senate hearing on spiraling energy bills, consumer advocates lamented the closed-door negotiations at the heart of New York’s ratemaking process.
Pipeline opponents say that approving NESE could bite Hochul in next year’s elections.
Electric bills in New York haven’t been this high for a decade, and they’re about to rise even more. Here’s why.
Business interests have launched a campaign to back National Grid’s demands for more gas, with fingerprints of the utility’s lobbying firm.
Public comments are closing soon for an underwater pipeline project that sprang back to life this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.
The judge suggested he’ll rule that the state is violating its climate law.
As environmental justice groups seek to compel the state to follow its climate law, the Hochul administration is set to argue that it deserves a pass.
Attyx, formerly known as SUNCo, is set to lose its license to operate in the state over what regulators called “false and misleading” sales pitches.
Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years.
Trump’s megabill gives wind and solar companies one year to put as many shovels in the ground as possible. They want New York officials to help.
Environmentalists increasingly blame Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — who’s firing back.