New York, Trump and pipeline projects
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The Trump administration reportedly lifted the pause on offshore wind development Monday in exchange for New York’s cooperation reviving a
A California court has sided with state coastal authorities and ordered Sable Offshore Corp. to abide by a preliminary injunction stopping any future work on oil and gas pipelines.
The Trump administration has lifted a month-old stop-work order on Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm project off the coast of New York, in a compromise with the state that could also see cancelled plans for a gas pipeline revived,
What to know about Empire Wind, the offshore wind project the Trump administration is allowing to move forward.
Sable Offshore Corp. has restarted offshore oil production 10 years after the operation was shuttered following a major oil spill along Santa Barbara's coast.
However, Governor Kathy Hochul has not commented about a willingness to move forward with any pipelines. Instead, Hochul's statement on Empire Wind is very vague, saying that she "reaffirmed that New York will work with the Administration and private entities on new energy projects that meet the legal requirements under New York law."
Sable Offshore has completed all required hydrotesting of onshore pipelines necessary to restart their use to transport oil
Statements from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum imply that the restart approval was related to conversations about the state’s natural gas pipeline capacity.
The administration reversed course and will allow the Empire Wind project to proceed after lobbying by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Norwegian energy firm Equinor.