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Lethal Green Leftists Freeze Texas
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Lethal Green Leftists Freeze Texas

Reaction to Texas’ deep freeze proves that environmentalists value arbitrary emissions regulations over human life. ...
Rebecca Terrell

As Texas recovers from February’s devastating winter storms, families mourn the loss of loved ones who perished in the frigid temperatures. The mother of an 11-year-old boy found him dead in their mobile home in Conroe after they lost power and temperatures plunged into single digits. Carbon monoxide poisoning claimed the lives of others, such as an eight-year-old Houston girl and her mother; their family had started the car in the garage to keep warm in the bitter cold. The Texas Department of State Health Services is working to determine a final mortality count, but by February’s end, media sources reported at least two dozen deaths due to the historic freeze. 

Just days before these tragedies, anticipating life-threatening winter conditions, Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in all 254 Texas counties. The power grid supervisor, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), had petitioned the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to temporarily waive onerous regulatory quotas so it could ramp up production to weather the storm.

The Biden administration refused.

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