A new bill by state Sen. Jen Metzger would put a moratorium on state permits for gas-fired power plants, oil pipelines and other fossil-fuel infrastructure until the state has plotted a course to using only renewable energy sources by 2030 if possible or by 2040 at the latest.Metzger, a Rosendale Democrat who led the nonprofit Citizens for Local Power before being elected to the Senate in November, held a press conference in Albany on Monday with the bill’s Assembly sponsor, [...]