Posted on 04/13/2026 5:33:19 PM PDT by Libloather
The Trump administration will celebrate the groundbreaking of a controversial new natural gas pipeline in New York City on Tuesday — with the project set to run off the coast of the city to boost the region’s energy supply.
President Trump strongly backs the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline and used his influence to persuade Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to approve the permits allowing the project to proceed, despite fierce opposition from anti-fossil fuel environmentalists.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Environmental Protection Secretary Lee Zeldin will attend the event at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field, hosted by Williams Companies, the firm managing the construction.
Burgum claimed China outpaced America’s electricity production because past administrations put US “energy and national security at risk by burying America’s Balance Sheet under red tape.”
“Under President Donald J. Trump, we’re reversing course with projects like the NESE pipeline to unleash American Energy Dominance, lower costs for American consumers, and restore a strong, reliable grid, Burgum said.
He claimed the project would spur $1.8 billion in economic development and lower electricity bills by $6 billion over 15 years.
The pipeline — which would extend from Pennsylvania through New Jersey and end on Staten Island and the Rockaways — had been stalled for years after state regulators denied permits over water quality concerns.
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Use the environmentalist aholes as forced labor.
Which means he persuaded Schumer...hmmmm
She's such a ....pick your own word.
Zeldin is active in this...Do we want him as Gov or Senator??
It costs at least three times as much to heat that one room with electricity than it would with gas.
But our brilliant governor wants everyone to stop using gas for anything. Where we're supposed to get the electricity, I don't know. She's layin' low on that subject.
Wonderful idea.
I love that idea.
If it Riles green activists then it must be good!
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President Trump.................used his influence to persuade Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul to approve the permits allowing the project to proceed, despite fierce opposition from anti-fossil fuel environmentalists.
Will it please people who are worried about all the birds and mammals that are killed by wind mills?
“Williams Companies, the firm managing the construction.”
Good to see a good-ol’ USA company building pipe.
Instead of those feckless Canadians.
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