Texas Governor Contradicts His Own Energy Officials

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) blamed solar and wind power for the blackouts in his state in a Fox News appearance and said “this shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America.”

Washington Post: The governor’s arguments were contradicted by his own energy department, which outlined how most of Texas’s energy losses came from failures to winterize the power-generating systems, including fossil fuel pipelines.”

“Although renewable energy sources did partially fail, they only contributed to 13 percent of the power outages, while providing about a quarter of the state’s energy in winter. Thermal sources, including coal, gas and nuclear, lost almost twice as many gigawatts of power because of the cold… Critics have also noted that wind turbines can operate in climates as cold as Greenland if they’re properly prepared for the weather.”

Kansas City Star: Why did electric grids buckle under intense cold? Here’s what’s to blame — and not.