First Adirondack Park battery storage project frozen by judge as resistance spreads

First Adirondack Park battery storage project frozen by judge as resistance spreads

A judge has temporarily halted construction of Adirondack Park's first permitted utility-scale battery storage project as mounting public opposition prompts more towns to pause similar proposals. The dispute in New York is becoming a major test of how clean-energy infrastructure is built — and whether communities feel they have been heard in the process. What happened? State Supreme Court Judge Rebecca Slezak issued a temporary restraining order…