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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Starting in late February, over 2.7 million Texas households were left without energy and over 100 people died as a severe winter storm caused a series of rolling blackouts across Texas, drawing national attention to the state’s energy grid. While some leaders blamed the state-wide outages on wind and solar, an emerging expert consensus suggests that multiple cascading factors—including non-winterized power plants and the state’s deregulated, independent grid system—culminated in the energy crisis. Now, several weeks out fro...

Monday, April 5, 2021 Starting in late February, over 2.7 million Texas households were left without energy and over 100 people died as a severe winter storm caused a series of rolling blackouts across Texas, drawing national attention to the state’s energy grid. While some leaders blamed the state-wide outages on wind and solar, an emerging expert consensus suggests that multiple cascading factors—including non-winterized power plants and the state’s deregulated, independent grid system—culminated in the energy crisis. Now, several weeks out from the crisis, new solar opp...

As a deadly winter storm barreled toward Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott sought the advice of a longtime climate change skeptic — an introduction made at the behest of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. "This guy knows his stuff," Cruz said of Joe Bastardi, a meteorologist and author of books saying that climate change is not caused by humans but naturally occurring. Bastardi did not return several requests for comment. Records obtained by the American-Statesman through a request under the Texas Public Information Act show that Abbott spoke with Bastardi on the afternoon of Feb. 12 — the first me...

VACCINES FLOWING: State figures released Thursday show an increase in vaccines shipped to the state (up 100,000 doses in a day) and continued progress in getting doses to people in

March 05, 2021 Texas Cold Won’t Bring Back Coal Written by David Nahass, Financial Editor The Texas wind that blows, blows not for king coal. The recent electricity debacle is likely to pivot power generation further away. FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2021 ISSUE: They say hope springs eternal. Tell that to the citizens of the great state of Texas. Winter storm Uri delivered power outage Armageddon beginning around Feb. 14 (Happy Valentine’s Day! Love, Uri). While Texas and its beleaguered, battered and thirsty citizens deservedly got...