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Bill Gates on Saturday said that some of the deaths from the severe winter weather that hit Texas could have been prevented by weatherizing energy plants.
While temperatures are already on the rise in Texas and other states battered by this week’s severe winter weather, the freezing temperatures and extreme conditions have left approximately 70 people dead, and many m
Gov. Greg Abbott wants power companies to âwinterize.â Texasâ track record wonât make that easy.
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Power lines are shown Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Houston. More than 4 million people in Texas still had no power a full day after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures created a surge of demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state s power grid and causing widespread blackouts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
By: ERIN DOUGLAS
and last updated 2021-02-21 15:10:16-05
Winterize. Thatâs the directive Gov. Greg Abbott gave to power companies and lawmakers Thursday when he called for a law and funding to better prepare Texasâ essential power infrastructure for the kind of extreme winter weather that createdmultiplecrises this week.