March 16, 2021 After a deadly winter storm nearly collapsed the Texas power grid, climate activists are pushing the state's lawmakers to pass a Green New Deal. SHOW TRANSCRIPT A deadly winter storm plunged much of Texas into a deep freeze that left millions in the state without power and running water — some for several days. "We lost power yesterday morning," Chissell Porreca, a Richmond, Texas resident said last month amid the storm. "Today, when we got up, there was no water." The storm nearly collapsed the state's power grid — impacting all forms of energy production, but hitting the state's reliance on natural gas especially hard.