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Climate Point: Republicans try to shift blame for Texas energy woes to renewables
Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to climate, energy and environment news from around the Golden State and the country. In Palm Springs, Calif., I’m Mark Olalde.
Is it possible for anything to be apolitical these days? It wouldn t seem like that s possible. First, my thoughts go out to everyone suffering in Texas where power has been out for days in some areas, while temperatures have plummeted. Second, this means we need to discuss energy policy.
Prominent Republicans from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw have latched onto their own state s deadly power outages to take aim at renewable energy, igniting a seething debate over energy policy. Instead of repeating their false statements, however, I m going to use this space to share analyses about what really happening to the Lone Star State s grid.
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Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to climate, energy and environment news from around the Golden State and the country. In Palm Springs, Calif., I’m Mark Olalde.
In this desert paradise where I live, spring is already in the air. Warming temperatures are melting away the winter cold (or, as cold as it ever gets in Palm Springs), and early blooming plants are bringing a renewed splash of color. That might be pleasant for you. For me and for millions of other people spring brings on the annual respiratory dance with the devil known as allergies. So, of course, climate change is about to make our allergies a whole lot worse. Doyle Rice from USA Today reports on a new study out of the University of Utah, which found that pollen seasons start 20 days earlier, are 10 days longer and feature 21% more pollen than they did in 1990. That certainly seems like a good enough reason to