Abbott: 2021 Texas blackouts prove fossil fuels are necessary
Greg Abbott · Why Texas Republicans are trying to crush wind and solar · Jun 1, 2023 · at 10:26
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks in a televised interview during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, attributing the grid failure to renewable energy dependency.
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“Sean, this shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America. As a result it just shows that fossil fuel is necessary for the state of Texas as well as other states.”
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