Texas storm news
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- ‘We turned essential services into a casino,’ energy market expert tells Max Keiser after Texas power-grid failure
A cold snap recently left millions in Texas in the freezing dark. Max Keiser talks with Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s energy program, to understand who's to blame for the massive power outage.Mar 7, 2021 15:42Business News - Texas power grid operator axes its CEO after deadly blackout caused by winter stormThe entity delivering power to most of Texas has decided to fire its CEO, as it faces criticism for failing to prepare the power grid for last month’s winter storm and leaving millions without heat for days.Mar 4, 2021 06:54USA News
- Land of the fee, home of the grave? For all its international posturing and boasting, the US can’t even take care of its citizensThough marketed as 'the shining city on the hill' envied by all other nations, America is rapidly proving to its own inhabitants and the world that not only can it not keep its own people safe – it can barely keep them alive.Mar 3, 2021 21:27
- Four board members of Texas grid operator RESIGN over blackouts during deadly winter stormThe Texas electric utility is shedding board members ahead of the state probe into the blackouts that left more than four million people without power during a severe winter storm, which claimed an estimated 80 lives and counting.Feb 23, 2021 22:46USA News
- ‘I’ll die of dehydration before I drink Dasani’: Americans mock Coca-Cola for sending unpopular bottled water to Texas amid crisisThe Coca-Cola company donated several trucks worth of Dasani-branded water to Texans in need last week. Americans were quick to mock the move, however, as the water is often named one of the worst-tasting brands in the country.Feb 21, 2021 11:41USA News
- ‘People turn off their power because they can’t afford it,’ Texas woman slapped with $11,000 electricity bill tells RTTexas' infrastructure wasn’t ready for the winter storm that paralyzed the state this week, and it’s unfair that the working people are now forced to pay the price, a local woman who received a shocking power bill told RT.Feb 21, 2021 01:21USA News
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