HYPOCRISY: Crazed Democrat Gov. Maura Healey, Who Sued Exxon and Bragged She “Stopped Two Gas Pipelines,” Now Begs Trump’s Energy Secretary to Fast-Track a Natural Gas Expansion

Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey is suddenly singing a very different tune on natural gas.

Far-left Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, the same Democrat who sued ExxonMobil over climate change and once boasted that she stopped gas pipelines from entering the state, is now pleading with the Trump administration to rush federal permits for a natural gas pipeline expansion.

Healey sent a letter Thursday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging the administration to speed reviews and permits for Enbridge’s Algonquin Reliable Affordable Resilient Enhancement project, known as RARE, according to her office and CommonWealth Beacon.

She asked Wright to “work across the Administration to ensure that the federal reviews and permits needed for RARE move without delay,” and that “sufficient staff and resources are dedicated to completing the required reviews in time to preserve the project’s planned 2028 in-service date.”

The governor’s own press office confirmed the ask. In an October 1 release, Healey called on the Trump administration to expedite federal review of the Algonquin expansion she says she has previously supported.

Her office said the project would supply gas to about 600,000 customers and cut gas bills by roughly $40 million a year. The savings would come largely from reducing reliance on higher-cost imported liquefied natural gas through the Everett LNG terminal.

In January, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved two 10-year agreements between Eversource gas utilities and Algonquin to take the new supply. Enbridge, not ratepayers, would pay for the development, Healey said.

“I’ve been clear that we need to bring more energy supply into Massachusetts with an all-of-the-above approach that includes solar, wind, storage, nuclear, geothermal, hydro and gas,” Healey said in the release.

“This project will lower costs for 600,000 customers… Massachusetts is moving forward with its review, and I’m asking the federal government to do the same — move quickly and keep this project on track so customers can see the savings.”

That is a remarkable reversal from the Maura Healey who built a political brand attacking fossil fuels.

As attorney general, Healey sued ExxonMobil in October 2019, accusing the company of deceiving Massachusetts consumers and investors about climate change. “Exxon has known for decades about the catastrophic climate impacts of burning fossil fuels—its chief product,” she said in the official announcement of the suit. Massachusetts’ highest court later rejected Exxon’s effort to dismiss the case.

She was just as blunt about pipelines. At an April 2022 WBUR gubernatorial forum, Healey declared, “I stopped two gas pipelines from coming into this state,” naming Kinder Morgan and Access Northeast, The Daily Caller reported.

“I think I’ve shown my willingness to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and also to oppose new gas infrastructure in this state.” In 2015 her office released a study and said Massachusetts did not need more gas capacity for electric reliability, and that electric ratepayers should not pay for new pipelines.

The Boston Globe noted this week that as attorney general Healey tried to slow pipeline projects, and as governor she now wants them sped up.

The Boston Herald reported the letter landed about a month before the November election, with energy costs a central issue in her race against Republican Mike Minogue.

Minogue called out Healey’s hypocrisy on X:

“We need clean, safe natural gas to power Massachusetts forward and lower your energy bills. Maura Healey stopped the pipelines from coming in. Now, 30 days until the election, she’s following my lead. Just like with the gas tax holiday, it’s all talk and no action. It’s time for a new kind of governor.”

Healey’s letter also left the door open to something much bigger. She told Wright “there may be more opportunities ahead,” a reference to Enbridge’s Project Beacon, a proposal roughly four times the size of RARE that could lift Algonquin supply by as much as 10 percent and potentially come online in 2030, CommonWealth Beacon reported.

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