Trump blasts New York for holding up pipelines

By Annie Snider | 03/14/2025 06:57 AM EDT

President Donald Trump has in recent weeks sought to revive energy pipeline fights from his first term, including New York’s Constitution pipeline.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 7. Pool via AP Photo

President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted New York for holding up New England pipelines and threatened to overrule the state’s permitting power.

The president did not say what pipeline he was referring to in his social media post, but has recently vowed to revive the Constitution Pipeline that was scuttled by former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo nearly a decade ago.

Trump said New Englanders would save $2,300 a month in heating costs if they had their pipelines.

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“We only need the final approval from New York State, whose people all want it. Otherwise, we’ll have to use other authorities,” he wrote in a post on his site, Truth Social.

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