RGGI Headed Nowhere: Diverges Into Environmental Justice

New York Virtue Signaling on Climate Gets Bad Reviews Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: NRGGI has predictably descended into a morass of politically correct, woke policy making that can only undermine a mission already compromised by energy reality.] The Regional Greenhouse

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New York Virtue Signaling on Climate Gets Bad Reviews

New York Virtue Signaling on Climate Gets Bad Reviews Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: New York State, like California, has committed itself to a future energy crisis by big commitments to wind and solar that make no sense, and many are

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Climate Act Reality Strikes As New York Admits it Needs Gas!

Climate Act Reality Strikes As New York Admits it Needs Gas! Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: Administration of New York’s Climate Act is forcing a realization the state needs natural gas, though it will never quite admit it. Deniers will never

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Climate Act Capers: New York’s Net Zero Nonsense

Climate Act Capers: New York’s Net Zero Nonsense Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: New York has drifted into complete insanity with its Climate Act, which is political correctness and virtue signaling taken to a whole new level of dysfunction.] This post

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Gas Stove Ban Comes to New York: Conspiracy Theory Was True

Gas Stove Ban Comes to New York: Conspiracy Theory Was True Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: There was no doubt the supposed “right wing conspiracy theory” regarding a gas stove ban would turn out to be true. It’s just the way

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Reliability is the Fatal Flaw (and Conceit) Behind Net Zero

Reliability is the Fatal Flaw (and Conceit) Behind Net Zero Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: Roger identifies reliability as the fatal flaw with net zero dreams. The flaw comes from the fatal conceit of the dreamers who imagine they can alter

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Renewable Energy Crisis Coming and It’s Home Grown!

Renewable Energy Crisis Coming and It’s Home Grown! Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: Renewable energy is headed for a fall in NY because it cannot possibly do what’s expected of it by those devoted to political correctness and virtue signaling.] This

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Climate Justice Politics Derails Any Hope for NY Climate Act

Climate Justice Politics Derails Any Hope for NY Climate Act Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: Climate justice is a political correctness that means nothing more than more corrupt politics and it is dashing any hope whatsoever for the naive Climate Act.]

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Climate Act Benefits Mostly Imaginary But the Costs Will Be All Too Real

Climate Act Benefits Mostly Imaginary But Costs Will Be Real Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: A utopian “Clean Heat for All Challenge” plan advanced by New York agencies to implement the state’s Climate Act shows us benefits are few but costs are real.]

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Climate Action Council Follows Europe: Energy Emergency Next

Climate Action Council Follows Europe: Energy Emergency Next Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: New York’s Climate Action Council is deliberating ignoring what’s happening in England, Germany and the rest of Europe as “Net Zero” creates an energy crisis.] The implementation plan

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Climate Act Mostly Just Appeasement of Special Interests

Climate Act Mostly Just Appeasement of Special Interests Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: New York’s Climate Act is is mostly just the political appeasement of preferred political groups at the expense of every New York State energy consumer.] There is an

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Climate Justice? Nah…It’s About Money for Those Who Preach It!

Climate Justice? Nah…It’s About Money for Those Who Preach It! Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: New York State is preaching climate justice but the folks doing the preaching are simply lining up for money they hope to grab from taxpayers for

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Heat Pumps Are for the Hard-Headed and Heedless

Heat Pumps Roger Caiazza (on the subject of)Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York   … [Editor’s Note: Heat pumps are useful in some situations but they can’t store energy or work without a backup, which is why they are no replacement for reliable natural gas.] On July 18, 2019 New York Governor Andrew

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RGGI Approach to Reducing Carbon Will Cost New Yorkers $92 Billion!

Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: RGGI is no solution to anything. It’s going to cost New Yorkers some $92 Billion, in fact, for nothing more than green virtue signaling.] he New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) report New York’s RGGI-Funded Programs Status Report – Semiannual Report

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RGGI Proceeds, Not the Results, Seem to Be Goal

Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: RGGI proceeds for pet Cuomo causes, rather than greenhouse gas reductions, seems to be the primary purpose of the entire program.] The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is likely to generate over $149 million in fiscal year 2021-2022 for New York State investments to support

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