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Burst Pipes and Power Outages in Battered Texas Last Updated Feb. 21, 2021, 10:11 a.m. ETFeb. 21, 2021, 10:11 a.m. ET Millions were still without electricity after a storm, with more snow expected to sweep across the South and East in the coming days. This briefing has ended. Follow -0:00 Millions in Texas Are Without Power After Storm After a deadly winter storm made its way across parts of the United States this week, millions of Texans remained without power in freezing temperatures on Wednesday. “It’s pretty bad that, you know, as Texans, we just can’t prepare for cold — every o...

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Systems are designed to handle spikes in demand, but the wild and unpredictable weather linked to global warming will very likely push grids beyond their limits.

This is the Feb. 4, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Over the last two years, 42 California cities and counties have banned or discouraged gas hookups in new buildings. The policies vary from place to place, but the goal is to shift homes and businesses from gas furnaces and stoves — which generate planet-warming emissions — to electric alternatives such as heat pumps and induction cooktops. Los Angeles had hoped to be a leader in this area. The sustainabi...

Biden Walks the Climate-Economy Tightrope Jan. 28, 2021 Biden makes a big pledge on climate action, and the Capitol Police union reveals more about the Jan. 6 casualties. It’s Thursday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Image Where things stand President Biden issued a range of sweeping executive orders yesterday aimed at confronting the climate crisis, framing the actions as an equally significant investment in job creation. In one order, he committed to using the federal government’s purchasing power to order up a vast fleet of zero-emissions vehicles. “This will mean one million ...