More evidence that the green energy fad of the last decade is in rapid decline.

In January, Governor Hochul backtracked on her scheme to tax fossil fuel companies for their carbon emissions after she was told a) the cost would be $15 billion a year, and b) similar schemes in California and Washington state had raised gasoline prices by some 27 cents a gallon.

Now, another hammer has dropped on her. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has halted all construction on the state’s showcase Empire Wind project (off of Long Island), because the projects are so expensive and the power so unreliable. Work on the project had continued even though President Trump paused new approvals for offshore wind farms on his first day in office. “Approval for the project was rushed through by the prior administration without sufficient analysis or consultation,” Burgum wrote.

New York closed its big Indian Point nuclear plant in 2021 to environmentalist fanfare. The two gigawatts of power it provided would equal the power they were hoping for from both now halted offshore wind boondoggles. Oops.

The latest ALEC Rich States, Poor States report lists New York as the least economically competitive state in the nation. Relying on expensive and unreliable energy sources is no way to make the Empire State great again