Transportation and Climate

PEONY Transportation and Climate Page

This page lists my posts on climate-related transportation initiatives. Note that I have posted essays on the Transportation Climate Initiative at Watts Up with That.

Watts Up with That

Northeast United States Transportation Climate Initiative Draft Framework October 2, 2019

Transportation Climate Initiative Update December 19, 2019

Transportation Climate Initiative Request to Comment February 24, 2020

Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York

October 28 2019 Buffalo NYS Public Participation Workshop on Regional Approaches to Climate and Transportation October 29, 2019

Regulatory Assistance Project Electric Vehicle Roadmap March 10, 2020

Green Car Journal Perspective: What Happened to Bridge Technology? January 11, 2023

NYS Proposed Amendments to Vehicle Emission Standards March 5, 2023

California Tipping Point January 9, 2025

NYSERDA Electric Vehicle Propaganda February 25, 2025

Ellenbogen: Another Reason to Pause the Climate Act – Electric Trucks March 13, 2025

RGGI Quarter 2 2026 Auction ResultsJune 5, 2026
Updated after initial plublicatipn to include an Executive Summary and description of the RGGI announcement In the last month I have published articles describing the impact of last year’s revisions to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the impact of Virginia re-joining the program this year. I noted that the cost of permits to … Continue reading "RGGI Quarter 2 2026 Auction Results"
Guest Post: Would You Rather Live Near A Battery Energy Storage System or a Nuclear Plant June 1, 2026
This post was originally published at Watts Up With That Earlier this year I assembled a post describing a white paper by Richard Ellenbogen M.E.E. titled The Intrinsic Danger of Siting Utility Scale Lithium Based Energy Storage Systems In Densely Populated Areas. In this post I summarize his New York State Public Service Filing An … Continue reading "Guest Post: Would You Rather Live Near A Battery Energy Storage System or a Nuclear Plant "
Guest Post – Heat Pump Rate CarveoutsMay 28, 2026
It has been my experience that every aspect of the green energy transition is more complicated than it appears at first. This is an example of the unintended consequences of a transition component. I recently met Scott Endler who provided this guest post describing a proposal to change the electric rate structure to support heat … Continue reading "Guest Post – Heat Pump Rate Carveouts"
New York State Renewable Permitting ScandalMay 26, 2026
This article was also posted at Watts Up With That Paraphrasing the Washington Post “Environmental Protections Die in Darkness”, could be a slogan for New York’s Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (CLCPA) monomaniacal emphasis on renewable energy development. Reasonable limits have never been established on wind and solar projects, so developers have been given … Continue reading "New York State Renewable Permitting Scandal"
Budget Bill Revisions to the CLCPAMay 24, 2026
In late February the Hochul Administration “leaked” a New York Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) memo that said that “full compliance with New York’s 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act could cost upstate households more than $4,000 a year – on top of what they are already paying today and gas prices could … Continue reading "Budget Bill Revisions to the CLCPA"