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Millions of people in Texas have spent days in below-freezing temperatures without power in what officials have called a “ total failure” of the state’s electricity infrastructure. How did oil- and gas-rich Texas – the biggest producer of energy in the US – get here? While there are many factors that led to the power outages in Texas, the state’s power grid has come under intense scrutiny in light of the storm. Here’s what we know so far about...

Californians are being asked to reduce their energy usage as winter storms batter the South and Midwest, the 

Millions of people are freezing without power in Texas, putting a spotlight on climate change, renewable energy, and the revolution in power generation.

Over 3 million Texans were without power on Tuesday as a winter storm brought record-low temperatures to huge swaths of the US.

The Weekly Planet: The Big Idea From Bill Gates’s New Climate Book Robinson Meyer © Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Every Tuesday, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet Lately, Bill Gates has been thinking about what he calls the “hard stuff” of climate change. He isn’t talking about the challenges that we usually discuss in this newsletter, such as how to generate zero-carbon electricity (use wind, sol...