NYC’s controversial big clean-energy project just got the green light

For once, there's reason for optimism about building transmission lines in America.

A shot of Big Allis, the biggest gas- and oil-burning power plant in western Queens. It neighbors the Queensbridge Houses, the world’s largest public housing complex. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Good afternoon from sunny Astoria, Queens, where local politicians, environmentalists, and residents who have spent years breathing air so polluted by nearb…