Despite Hochul’s Desire to Build Oil Pipelines to Power AI, Renewable Energy Just Got a Big Boost in New York

August 6, 2025

It’s been a dark few months in the world of domestic renewable energy, as the Trump administration has done as much as possible to kill efforts to build green infrastructure, undoing many of the tax credits that made renewable energy projects financially viable under the Biden administration and canceling permits for wind power. As a result, New York state has recently pulled plans to build new infrastructure to bring offshore wind power over to the city.