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Sane Energy Project

@saneenergy.bsky.social

Our mission is to replace fracked gas infrastructure with 100% democratically controlled, renewable energy in New York State. We build every campaign through a lens of racial, social, and ecological justice.

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"New Yorkers’ bills aren’t rising because of (the climate) law that hasn’t been implemented — they’re rising because the oil and natural gas status quo is too expensive." Thank you @lizkrueger.bsky.social @senatorharckham.bsky.social &Sen Parker! @nydailynews.com www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/12/k...

Keep N.Y.’s climate law; it is working

The price of natural gas is skyrocketing, something that New Yorkers getting their home heating and electric bills after this winter’s cold snap know all too well. Unaffordable rate hikes have been…

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Op-Ed www.rockawave.com/articles/op-... Williams NESE Pipeline, a dangerous project that’s been rejected three times – in 2018, 2019, and 2020. So how did the same application that Williams previously submitted gain approval this time around?

Op-Ed - The Wave

Kim Fraczek New York just made a dangerous decision. Last Friday, the Department of Environmental Conservation approved a water quality permit for the Williams NESE Pipeline, a dangerous project that’...

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · last yr.

"We find it to be really revealing that National Grid is willing to move mountains, to accept more gas so they can build more infrastructure, but when we ask them to do a plan for retirement of gas and energy efficiency, they always tell us that it’s years off." - Sane Energy @insideclimatenews.org

Gas Leaks Can Have Significant Spillover Impacts on Neighboring States, Study Finds - Inside Climate News

New York is poised to see an expansion of its gas infrastructure. This could have far-reaching implications.

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · last yr.

3/24/25 — Edging in on National Grid's lies: NYS DPS: Are you utility watch dogs or utility lapdogs? Release critical, non-confidential data about National Grid’s LNG facility in Greenpoint. Brooklynhttps://www.saneenergy.org/s/SaneEnergy-MOTION-TO-COMPEL-RESPONSES-filing-2025_03_24_-1-1.pdf

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Colin Kinniburgh@colinreports.bsky.social · 2y ago

Update: Governor’s office tells me this funding will be disbursed over the next five years. That’s $200 million a year — <1/10th of what was expected to be raised through cap and invest

Colin Kinniburgh@colinreports.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is Hochul’s $1 billion for climate — the “Sustainable Future Program” in capital projects budget. At first read, this does appear to be an entirely new pot of money (not cobbled together from existing sources) — an olive branch to climate groups as she hits brakes on cap and invest

From NYS Capital Projects executive budget legislation: SUSTAINABLE FUTURE PROGRAM CAPITAL PROJECTS 2025-26 1 APPROPRIATIONS REAPPROPRIATIONS 2 3 Capital Projects Funds - Other ..... 1,000,000,000 0 4 ---------------- ---------------- 5 All Funds......................... 1,000,000,000 0 6 ================ ================ 7 8 SUSTAINABLE FUTURE PROGRAM (CCP) ......................... 1,000,000,000 9 -------------- 10 11 Capital Projects Funds - Other 12 Capital Projects Fund - 30000 13 Statewide Decarbonization Purpose 14 15 For services and expenses of climate 16 mitigation and adaptation projects 17 including but not limited to: reducing 18 greenhouse gas emissions and pollution; 19 decarbonizing and retrofitting buildings; 20 creating and utilizing renewable energy; 21 advancing clean transportation 22 initiatives; building, repairing, and 23 maintaining thermal energy networks; for 24 the design, construction, repair, or 25 improvement of green infrastructure; and 26 for purposes consistent with the general 27 findings of the scoping plan prepared 28 pursuant to section 75-0103 of the 29 environmental conservation law, subject to 30 a plan approved by the director of the 31 budget. Qualifying projects funded by this 32 appropriation shall be subject to the same 33 standards and provisions stated in section 34 224-f of the labor law and section 66-v of 35 the public service law, and treated in the 36 same manner as if funded from section 99- 37 qq of the state finance law. 38 Notwithstanding any other provision of law 39 to the contrary, all or a portion of this 40 appropriation may be transferred to state 41 operations, aid to localities, or capital 42 projects, and all or a portion of this 43 appropriation may be transferred or 44 suballocated to any state department, 45 agency, public authority, or public 46 benefit corporation (SFEC25SD) ........... 1,000,000,000
Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sane Energy will not participate in Giving Tuesday this year. We’ve heard your concerns about the stress of flood of solicitations can cause and simply want to express our heartfelt thanks for joining the struggle for a more just sustainable world.

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

"...in a state where more than half of the greenhouse gas emissions come from its buildings, there is no way to achieve those targets without fundamentally reforming how buildings are heated." We will not rest until the #NYHEAT Act is passed. #climatejustice gasoutlook.com/analysis/adv...

Advocates pressure legislators to adopt NY HEAT Act - Gas Outlook

Despite broad support for the NY HEAT Act, the fate of the bill in the New York Assembly remains unclear, with just a few days left.

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

On May 16th, Sane Energy Project demanded the rejection of National Grid's proposed multi-billion$$$ investment in its fracked gas system & massive rate hikes. #stopnatgrid #ClimateJustice Read the full release: saneenergy.substack.com/p/national-g...

National Grid Customers from NYC and Long Island Flood Albany With Thousands of Comments, Urging Regulators to Halt Multi-Billion-Dollar Fracked Gas Expansion and Rate Hike Proposal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Priscilla Grim, Communications Director, Sane Energy Project, 347-682-9783 priscilla@saneenergyproject.org Albany, NY - Today, Sane Energy Project, supported by a ...

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

With progress stalled on renewables, spiraling utility rates, and fossil fuel plants continuing to spew out poison that harms our health, it’s not an exaggeration to say our energy system is in crisis. #PublicPower #BuildPublicRenewables #GreenEnergy saneenergy.substack.com/p/our-vision...

Our vision for the future is beginning to shine through! ⚡♻️❤️‍

With progress stalled on renewables, spiraling utility rates, and fossil fuel plants continuing to spew out poison that harms our health, it’s not an exaggeration to say our energy system is in crisis...

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Black and brown neighborhoods with aging infrastructure in schools, churches, and residential buildings could be at greater risk of footing the bill for energy costs if they’re not ‘at the table’ making future decisions on the rising impacts of climate change." amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/04...

Why should Black and brown communities care about clean energy? It’s too expensive not to, advocates say

Black and brown neighborhoods could be at greater risk of footing the bill for energy costs if they’re not 'at the table.'

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Lung cancer often kills, and so it seems like New Yorkers have a right to know that a lifetime of using Marcellus gas is expected to kill some number of them, and that number is not zero. But apparently, no one has ever told them." Read the full story: saneenergy.substack.com/p/radioactiv...

Radioactivity and Toxicity in NYC’S Gas Distribution System

Scientists, policy experts, and community leaders spoke to the press on Thursday morning about specific work happening in New York State to halt the expansion of toxic gas facilities.

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Sane Energy Project@saneenergy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today, we are experiencing a Mercury retrograde and a solar eclipse. Did you know that seismic activity on the Ramapo Fault in New Jersey potentially threatens the fossil fuel and nuclear infrastructure along its boundaries? #Eclipse2024 saneenergy.substack.com/p/dont-let-m...

Don’t let ☿️ Mercury retrograde and a solar eclipse🌞 stop your activism!

Get grounded for surprising reveals from the stars to the Earth's core.

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