February 18, 2026 – In the past few weeks, emboldened by New York’s approval of the dangerous NESE pipeline, the Oklahoma-based Williams Companies has stepped up their push to revive the long-dead Constitution Pipeline proposal. This second pipeline project would slash its way from northeast Pennsylvania, across 125 miles of rural New York communities, almost to Schenectady.
But the choice between reliability and affordability and clean energy is a false one. It’s our dependence on fossil fuels that’s increasing energy costs, pollution-driven health impacts and climate damage. New gas infrastructure will make it all worse.
–EANY’s Vanessa Fajans-Turner
Read the full op-ed: https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/constitution-pipeline-fossil-fuels-21358318.php


