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The blame game: What really caused the Texas blackouts?

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🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Texas is still reeling from an unprecedented energy disaster, where unusually cold temperatures brought their power grid to a standstill earlier this month. Now, as the dust settles and the ice melts, the blame game begins.


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Guests: 

-Michael E Webber, Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas.

-Chrishelle Palay and her daughters Faith and Skye, Director of HOME Coalition.

-Lyle Larson, Republican Texas State Representative.

-Gene Wu, Democrat Texas State Representative.

-Celesté Arredondo-Peterson, Housing Justice Director at the Texas Organising Project.


Host: Manveen Rana.


Clips used: CBSN, KHOU 11, AP, MSNBC, The Guardian, Today Show.

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As President Biden arrived in Texas on Friday, his first visit to what's become an unlikely disaster zone.

1:17.0

He told emergency workers they were doing God's own work.

1:21.0

It's our fellow Americans who heard it, and it's our job to help everyone in need.

1:26.0

Texas is still reeling from an unprecedented energy disaster, where unusually cold temperatures and heavy snow brought the power grid to a standstill.

1:37.0

This created a really, really terrible situation for people because they were extremely cold with no power, no heating,

1:46.0

limited cell phone signal, no internet, and now no water.

1:51.0

And now, as the ice melts and the recovery continues, the blame game has begun.

1:57.0

We know that they are liars, and they don't care about any of us.

2:02.0

You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times. I'm Manvina Rana.

2:08.0

Today, the blame game. What really happened in Texas?

2:16.0

Many of us have referred to this storm as Hurricane Harvey, the winter edition.

2:28.0

Krishel Palais is the director of a charity that's been dealing with the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey on Texas since 2017.

2:37.0

It's the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity.

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