Peggy Shepard co-authored an Op-Ed in the New York Daily News with Blair Horner, Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), urging then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to oppose the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, a “gift to the fossil fuel industry” sponsored by Senator Joe Manchin and John Barrasso.