The Texas Power Outage Started With Bad Policy
The story of how Texas was brought to its knees by crippling cold weather leaving millions without power is a complex one, yet entirely predictable and avoidable.
Read MoreFeb 18, 2021 | State News
The story of how Texas was brought to its knees by crippling cold weather leaving millions without power is a complex one, yet entirely predictable and avoidable.
Read MoreFeb 18, 2021 | State News
How is it possible that a nuclear power plant in Texas had to shutter operations due to freezing weather, but nuclear power plants can operate without disruption in Russia? Simple – the South Texas Nuclear Power Station failed to winterize its facilities.
Read MoreFeb 18, 2021 | Business & Economy
Even though Texas is doing everything in its power to contain the fallout that, it appears that the crisis is now spreading, because as a result of the persistent freeze and rampant “force majeueres” across the industry, more than 4 million barrels a day of output – almost 40% of the nation’s crude production – is now offline.
Read MoreFeb 17, 2021 | Science & Technology
Meet the visionaries building a new, un-censorable, peer-to-peer web using the tools of encryption and cryptocurrency.
Read MoreFeb 17, 2021 | State News
As people around Texas are being devastated by the freezing weather and power outages Texas might be facing a humanitarian crisis. Check out the images and videos in this article to see how people are faring in the state and the devastation that this freeze has wrought on others.
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