Texas officials circulated climate skeptic s talking points on power failures during storm Josh Lederman © Provided by NBC News
WASHINGTON As millions of Texans went without power for days during February s devastating storm, Texas oil and gas regulators were circulating talking points from a noted climate skeptic blaming system failures on the state s embrace of wind and solar energy, emails obtained by NBC News show.
The talking points from Alex Epstein, author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, made their way to the Texas governor s office and to the state s oil and gas regulator, known as the Railroad Commission of Texas. One commissioner amplified the talking points on Twitter, while another commissioner s aide forwarded them to top Texas oil and gas lobbyists.
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