US conservatives falsely blame renewables for Texas storm outages
by Martin Farrer and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#5E94Z)
Lawmakers and the Murdoch media target wind and solar but grid operator says fossil fuel generators suffered biggest problems
The electricity outages suffered by millions of Texans amid frigid temperatures sweeping across the United States have been seized upon by conservative commentators presenting a false narrative that renewable power was to blame.
We should never build another wind turbine in Texas," read a Facebook post on Tuesday by the state's agriculture commissioner, Sid Miller. The experiment failed big time."
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