Texas blackouts fuel false claims about renewable energy

Transmission towers and power lines lead to a substation after a snowstorm on Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas. Conservative commentators presented a false narrative that wind turbines and solar energy were primarily to blame for the power outages in Texas. But the Texas state power agency said that gas, coal and nuclear plants actually caused nearly twice as many outages as wind and solar power.
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