First this stunning tweet from NYDN criticizing TX political leaders:
https://twitter.com/BFriedmanDC/stat...93012225650688
and now this from liberal wing:
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
'He Is Lying. People Are Dying': Calls for Texas Governor to Resign as He Blames Power Outages on Wind and Solar
"Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it. But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Karla Perez and Esperanza Gonzalez warm up by a barbecue grill during a power outage caused by the winter storm on February 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images)
As millions of Texans struggled desperately to keep warm amid power outages stemming from the devastating winter storm sweeping the nation, the state's Republican governor late Tuesday blamed solar and wind for the blackouts—despite the fact that Texas relies overwhelmingly on fossil fuels—and claimed the crisis shows that the Green New Deal would be a "deadly deal" for the United States.
"Texas is blessed with multiple sources of energy, such natural gas and oil and nuclear, as well as solar and wind," Gov. Greg Abbott said in an appearance on "Hannity" Tuesday night. "Our wind and our solar got shut down, and they were collectively more than 10% of our power grid. And that thrust Texas into a situation where it was lacking power in a statewide basis."
Abbott was far from the first Republican to deploy such blatantly false talking points in response to the ongoing crisis in Texas, which has left at least 10 people dead. But the governor's decision to appear on Fox News and attack a policy that has not even been implemented as Texans resorted to burning their belongings to keep their children warm was viewed as yet another example of his failed leadership.
"Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it," said Sawyer Hackett, senior adviser to Julián Castro. "But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal."
Texas Gov. Abbott blames solar and wind for the blackouts in his state and says "this shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America" pic.twitter.com/YfVwa3YRZQ
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) February 17, 2021
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) February 17, 2021
Citing an official with the state's Electric Reliability Council (ERCOT), The Texas Tribune reported that as of Tuesday afternoon "16 gigawatts of renewable energy generation, mostly wind generation, was offline. Nearly double that, 30 gigawatts, had been lost from thermal sources, which includes gas, coal and nuclear energy."
But that hasn't stopped Texas Republicans like Abbott and Rep. Dan Crenshaw from attempting to blame frozen wind turbines for outages that could continue for days, endangering lives and coronavirus vaccines.
In response to Abbott's "Hannity" interview, Texas voting rights advocate Charlie Bonner tweeted, "He is lying. People are dying, and he is on Fox News lying to you. We are living in fear and Greg Abbott is playing politics with our lives."
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UЅ Рrеѕіdеnt Віdеn dесlаrеѕ ѕtаtе оf еmеrgеnсу іn Техаѕ
Моndау, Fеbruаrу 15, 2021. 8:27 рm СЅТ.
Rеutеrѕ rероrtѕ thаt Рrеѕіdеnt Јое Віdеn dесlаrеd а ѕtаtе оf еmеrgеnсу іn Техаѕ tоdау, аftеr а rаrе dеер frееzе іn thе ѕоuthеrn Unіtеd Ѕtаtеѕ аnd thе nоrthеrnmоѕt раrt оf Мехісо hаѕ саuѕеd mајоr blасkоutѕ lеаvіng mіllіоnѕ wіthоut роwеr.
Texas’ power outages compared to Hurricane Harvey
Samantha Garza
Updated: Feb 16, 2021 / 06:43 AM CST
Harlingen, Texas (KVEO) – As thousands of families in the Rio Grande Valley lost power due to the winter storm, experts are comparing the damage to Hurricane Harvey.
Reports of power outages in the Rio Grande Valley started at 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, and have continued through Monday.
If this is true comparison, magnitude of such a an event may guide TX governor/legislature to temporarily suspend any restrictions on businesses/contractors like below if there is any chance that such First Amendment restrictions could be slowing down recovery efforts. All hands need to be on the deck.
Court in AK just did that but TX courts may not be able to act in timely fashion under current conditions even if they wanted to.
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