{"id":404285,"date":"2025-09-23T10:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=404285"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T08:09:20","slug":"new-england-facing-energy-crisis-worries-about-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=404285","title":{"rendered":"New England Facing Energy Crisis, Worries About\u00a0Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"404307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404307\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0,239509\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A large, alien insect-like creature with metallic features and glowing green eyes, set against a sandy desert landscape.\" class=\"wp-image-404307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0239509.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2025\/09\/22\/new-england-facing-energy-crisis-worries-about-bugs\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"669\" data-attachment-id=\"404287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404287\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-487.png?fit=430%2C669&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"430,669\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-487.png?fit=430%2C669&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-487.png?resize=430%2C669&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A sci-fi movie poster featuring a large insect-like creature looming over two human figures running in a futuristic setting. The title 'INSECT' is prominently displayed at the bottom, with German text indicating a horror theme.\" class=\"wp-image-404287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-487.png?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-487.png?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linnea Lueken explains the false alarm in her Climate Realism article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2025\/09\/climate-change-is-not-causing-new-englands-creepy-bacteria-and-bugs-boston-globe\/\"><strong>Climate Change Is Not Causing New England\u2019s \u2018Creepy\u2019 Bacteria and Bugs, Boston Globe.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Boston Globe<\/em>&nbsp;posted an article titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/09\/16\/newsletters\/starting-point-climate-change-new-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Climate change is bringing creepy \u2014 and dangerous \u2014 bacteria, bugs, and viruses to New England<\/a>,\u201d claiming that&nbsp;<strong>global warming is \u201cfueling an increase in bacteria and disease\u201d in New England.<\/strong>&nbsp;The headline and the attached story are&nbsp;<strong>highly misleading<\/strong>. For things like mosquito-borne illness,&nbsp;<strong>mosquitos<\/strong>&nbsp;carrying diseases previously thrived even in New England in previous centuries, with&nbsp;<strong>20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century human intervention wiping them out<\/strong>, not temperature changes. Also,&nbsp;<strong>bacteria in waterways are a seasonal phenomenon<\/strong>&nbsp;which has always existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Real New England Crisis is Green Agenda Attack on Electricity Supply<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"460\" data-attachment-id=\"404290\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404290\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-489.png?fit=668%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"668,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-489.png?fit=668%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-489.png?resize=668%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map showing New England with symbols indicating closed or retiring electricity generation resources and those at risk of retirement, along with annotations about the total megawatt capacity affected since 2013.\" class=\"wp-image-404290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-489.png?w=668&amp;ssl=1 668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-489.png?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: granitegeek, Concord Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel Turner explains in his Real Clear Energy article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearenergy.org\/articles\/2025\/09\/12\/the_green_agenda_turned_new_england_into_an_energy_price_punchline_1134506.html\"><strong>The Green Agenda Turned New England Into an Energy Price Punchline.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Fall is here,<\/strong>&nbsp;the leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping and s<strong>adly New England families know the routine.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Every month,&nbsp;<strong>the electric bill arrives,<\/strong>&nbsp;and it\u2019s<strong>&nbsp;larger than the month before<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>The region&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/electricity\/monthly\/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a\">pays more for electricity<\/a>&nbsp;than almost anyone else<\/strong>&nbsp;in America\u2014higher than the national average and, outside of Alaska and Hawaii, higher than anywhere else in the country. This is not a coincidence. It is the inevitable&nbsp;<strong>result of politicians who pushed the risky and unreliable green agenda while forcing reliable power plants off the grid.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" data-attachment-id=\"404292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?fit=723%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=723%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map illustrating state average residential electricity rates in the United States for 2022, highlighting pricing with varying color codes.\" class=\"wp-image-404292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-490.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Here\u2019s an inconvenient history lesson.\u00a0<strong>When Joe Biden took office, electricity in New England cost 20.7 cents per kilowatt-hour<\/strong>. By the time he left, it was more than<strong>\u00a028.2 cents<\/strong>. That\u2019s a staggering spike of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/APU011072610\">more than 36%<\/a>\u00a0in just four years. Hundreds of dollars gone from family budgets and small businesses every single year. For working households already feeling the squeeze of Biden\u2019s inflation, it can mean the difference between savings and debt, between heating a home and keeping it uncomfortably cold.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"501\" data-attachment-id=\"404294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404294\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-492.png?fit=700%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-492.png?fit=700%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-492.png?resize=700%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pie chart illustrating energy sources in New England, with 48.1% from natural gas, 32.7% from nuclear, 7.2% from hydro, and 11.9% from renewables.\" class=\"wp-image-404294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-492.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-492.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>October 2022 generation in New England, by fuel source<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And the blame is clear.\u00a0<strong>The forced closure of coal, oil, and natural gas plants in the name of \u201cclimate progress\u201d is why rates are climbing<\/strong>. In 2022, Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey traveled to Somerset to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/remarks-efforts-combat-the-climate-crisis-somerset-massachusetts\">celebrate the shutdown<\/a>\u00a0of traditional energy plants. They smiled for the cameras,\u00a0<strong>congratulated themselves on a \u201cvictory,\u201d and then went back to Washington while families were left to pay the tab.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"516\" data-attachment-id=\"404296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404296\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?fit=802%2C572&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"802,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?fit=723%2C516&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?resize=723%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A cartoon depicting a man in athletic clothing jumping in surprise at a high electricity bill, with power lines in the background and the text 'NEW OLYMPIC SPORTS: Electricity Bill Jump' above.\" class=\"wp-image-404296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?w=802&amp;ssl=1 802w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-493.png?resize=800%2C572&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>First came the celebration, but now we see the deflection.\u00a0<strong>Four Democratic senators, including Warren and Markey<\/strong>, recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/warren_lawmakers_letter_to_trump_officials_re_electricity_prices.pdf\">wrote a letter<\/a>\u00a0to the Trump administration suddenly pretending to care about rising electricity bills. It is political theater and nothing more. They\u00a0<strong>didn\u2019t care when they cheered the closures in 2022, and they don\u2019t care now.<\/strong>\u00a0New England\u2019s families are stuck with the consequences of the green agenda they applauded; they just want to escape the blame.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"453\" data-attachment-id=\"404299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404299\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-495.png?fit=540%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"540,453\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-495.png?fit=540%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-495.png?resize=540%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map illustrating the Access Northeast Pipeline Project, highlighting locations that it serves, including major cities like Boston and Portland, and its role in providing fuel for electric generation in New England.\" class=\"wp-image-404299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-495.png?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-495.png?resize=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Project abandoned in 2017 after New York blocked planning and permit processes.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Let\u2019s be clear: This cascade of closures started when Joe Biden was vice president and accelerated under his presidency. Nearly\u00a0<strong>400 fossil fuel plants have been shuttered across the country since 2010, including almost 300 coal plants<\/strong>. In the Northeast alone, names like Indian Point in New York, Eagle Point in New Jersey, Schiller Station in New Hampshire, and Canal Station in Massachusetts have been crossed off the map. Each closure meant\u00a0<strong>fewer megawatts of reliable power and higher bills for families.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"479\" data-attachment-id=\"404302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404302\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?fit=638%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"638,479\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?fit=638%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?resize=638%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map showing the pipeline route for the Northeast Energy Direct Project (NED) across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, indicating new transmission lines and existing loops.\" class=\"wp-image-404302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?w=638&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-497.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>\u00a0Project abandoned in April 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The problem is not complicated.<\/strong>&nbsp;Shutting down affordable, always-on power and replacing it with expensive, intermittent sources like wind and solar leads to higher prices. Add the surge in demand from artificial intelligence data centers, which analysts say could double electricity consumption by 2030, and the&nbsp;<strong>consequences<\/strong>&nbsp;are obvious:&nbsp;<strong>higher costs, weaker reliability, and a grid at the breaking point.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>There is&nbsp;<strong>a way out of this crisis<\/strong>, but it requires real action, not pointless blaming. My organization, Power The Future, lays out the steps in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/THE-LOOMING-AMERICAN-ELECTRICITY-AFFORDABILITY-CRISIS_FINAL.pdf\">our recent report<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2666&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>First<\/strong>, use the Defense Production Act to&nbsp;<strong>treat grid reliability as the national security issue it is<\/strong>, and direct resources to keep critical plants online.<\/em><br><em>\u2666&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;Second, build new fossil fuel plants<\/strong>\u2014modern natural gas and coal facilities that can deliver decades of dependable, affordable power.<\/em><br><em>\u2666&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;Third, halt premature closures until replacement capacity is running<\/strong>, not just promised on paper. And fourth, expand the capacity of existing coal plants, many of which are running below potential thanks to political limits, to quickly add thousands of megawatts back to the grid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>These are not radical ideas. They are&nbsp;<strong>common sense.<\/strong>&nbsp;They<strong>&nbsp;put working families, not political slogans, at the center of energy policy.<\/strong>&nbsp;They recognize that you cannot run a 21st-century economy on wishful thinking, photo-ops, and subsidies for technology that fails when the wind doesn\u2019t blow, or the sun doesn\u2019t shine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Too many of New England\u2019s \u201cleaders\u201d in Washington have turned their states into punchlines of America\u2019s power prices.&nbsp;<strong>Working families<\/strong>&nbsp;deserve leaders who care more about their constituents\u2019 bills than their standing with environmental activists. They&nbsp;<strong>deserve an energy policy grounded in reality, not ideology.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you want to know&nbsp;<strong>who killed affordable power in New England<\/strong>, it wasn\u2019t President Trump and it wasn\u2019t the utility companies. All you need to do is just&nbsp;<strong>look at who popped the champagne when the plants closed.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"312\" data-attachment-id=\"404304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=404304\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-499.png?fit=697%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"697,312\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-499.png?fit=697%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-499.png?resize=697%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A man speaking at a conference, gesturing while discussing energy policy. 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Also,\u00a0bacteria in waterways are a seasonal phenomenon\u00a0which has always existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":404308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691832203,691818056,691819743,691821433,691818087,691838240,691819914,691827991],"class_list":{"0":"post-404285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-bacteria","9":"tag-climate-change","10":"tag-climate-propaganda","11":"tag-electricity-prices-2","12":"tag-global-warming","13":"tag-mosquitos","14":"tag-new-england","15":"tag-the-boston-globe","17":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0AQN48QIAWegm6LkcyDQwrAp6jPsUHlF46y27aVHVzMhKwyOznFDNWiGlqZ1-G4NcsBp8OzNucIEdp7NMAYJtCd8PxX8TkwARD7nTXDmFsjJdqfmx7KFL-IVVc0R0voPh-1.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1HaJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404323,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=404323","url_meta":{"origin":404285,"position":0},"title":"Climate Change Is Not Causing New England\u2019s \u2018Creepy\u2019 Bacteria and Bugs, Boston Globe","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Boston Globe\u00a0posted an article titled \u201cClimate change is bringing creepy \u2014 and dangerous \u2014 bacteria, bugs, and viruses to New England,\u201d claiming that global warming is \u201cfueling an increase in bacteria and disease\u201d in New England. The headline and the attached story are highly misleading. 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