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This has the potential to be what President Joe Biden might call a BFD if Sen. Joe Manchin’s move solidifies opposition against Tanden from Republicans. | Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool
Move announced Saturday makes federal funding available to individuals, including for temporary housing
At least 30 people to have now died in Texas since the storms struck, including 11-year-old Cristian Pavon
Three children died in a house fire and a man froze to death in his recliner chair with his wife sat by his side
Senator Ted Cruz still facing criticism over mid-crisis trip to Cancun, while AOC seen in Houston Saturday
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Saturday that blaming this week's mass power outages on renewable energy is "disingenuous."Driving the news: Several Republicans, as well as conservative commentators have falsely blamed wind and solar energy for the blackouts, which left millions of people across Texas in the dark amid frigid temperatures and snow and ice storms. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot), which manages the state’s power grid, said in a news conference Tuesday that natural gas, coal and nuclear energy systems were responsible for nearly twice as many outages as renewable sources, per the Dallas Morning News.What he's saying: “Let me speak specially to legislators and others who are blaming what happened this week on the use of renewables. That is so far-fetched because it wasn’t just the wind turbines that froze; natural gas facilities froze; co