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Greg Abbott Blames Texas Power Outages on Green Energy but State Depends on Gas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has blamed recent widespread power outages in his state on green energy and criticized the proposed Green New Deal favored by progressive Democrats.
Abbott, a Republican, spoke to Fox News' Sean Hannity on Tuesday and emphasized wind turbines in Texas that failed due to the cold weather. More than 4 million people were left without power or heat in freezing temperatures.
"This shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America," Abbott said, saying that wind and solar energy make up "collectively more than 10 percent of our power grid."
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-blames-texas-power-outages-green-energy-state-depends-gas-1569804
