An outspoken global actor in the grand theater of climate policy, New York has long insisted the transition to green energy would be cheap and straightforward.  For years, state leaders have promised aggressive emissions cuts at little cost.  Now, reality is crashing the party, and the state has been caught out in that fib.  Facing a court-imposed Friday deadline, New York has effectively conceded that its green goals would pose “costs consumers...

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