BETH TAYLOR WILSON Gov. Greg Gianforte toured the Keystone pipeline site in Montana recently, stating, "There is no good reason why this pipe is sitting here and not going into the ground." His statement came the same week millions of Texans lost heat and potable water during a bitter-cold, tragic winter storm that killed dozens. This brutal storm was the direct result of climate change, yet almost immediately right-wing politicians and members of the right-wing media blamed the deadly cold on renewable energy and the non-existent "Green New Deal." As with Montanans before them, Texans proudly tout a deregulated "free-market" energy grid, and, like Montana, has Republicans running the state. Texas's recent storm was similar to another winter storm in 2011 when energy regulators and government officials learned ways to protect citizens from future deadly storms by winterizing the grid. Climate scientists had warned ceaselessly that all storms, summer and winter, would be bigger, stronger and more frequent. Remember Hurricane Harvey? Unfortunately, greed prevailed and energy regulators ignored the science.