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Can You Believe This Is Happening in America?
You don’t have to listen too carefully to hear it. Although it is still too early to say for sure, the Texas freeze fits a…
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Storm Victims Didn’t Bring It on Themselves
Predictably, the Texas politicians who deny the reality of climate change and the utility executives who mismanaged the Texas power grid weren’t the ones who…
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Why Texas Republicans Fear the Green New Deal
Even if there had been, there was no political muscle to turn such ideas into reality. Though the environmental justice movement has deep roots in…
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When There’s No Heat: ‘You Need Wood, You Get Wood’
Trees are also dying because of insects. That has led to increasing supply for wood banks in some areas; in others, infestations have complicated operations.…
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Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards
SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in Southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of…
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Texas Storms, California Heat Waves and ‘Vulnerable’ Utilities
In California, wildfires and heat waves in recent years forced utilities to shut off power to millions of homes and businesses. Now, Texas is learning…
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Desperate for Light and Warmth, Texans See No End for Winter Storm
HOUSTON — Halfway through the week that Texas froze over, everything seemed to be in a state of frigid chaos. Some homes had no water…
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Texas Winter Storm Leads to Power Outages and Angry Residents
Mr. Hogan, a professor of global energy policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, acknowledged that while many Texans have struggled this week without heat and electricity,…
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Winter Storm Disrupts Automakers, Retailers and Delivery Services
UPS said weather could cause delays in areas not directly hit by the storms. Packages may take longer to get from one place to another,…
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