Damn..that would be the equivalent of getting hit with an EMP. (electromagnetic pulse) from the sun.
Wow Texas power grid is really fucked up and I do blame the Republicans
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Damn..that would be the equivalent of getting hit with an EMP. (electromagnetic pulse) from the sun.
Three Weeks Ago. Betcha after that call for help that ain't gonna happen now
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is prepared to sue Biden administration over environmental regulations
JANUARY 28, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott pledged Thursday to protect the state's oil and gas industry from the Biden administration's climate agenda and directed state agency heads to identify opportunities for litigation over federal environmental regulations.
"We're here for a singular purpose today," Abbott said after a roundtable meeting with industry leaders in Odessa. "To make clear that Texas is going to protect the oil and gas industry from any type of hostile attack launched from Washington, D.C."
President Joe Biden has outlined an ambitious climate change agenda, with the goal of transitioning away from fossil fuels. He has said he hopes to decarbonize the U.S. power sector by 2035 and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
More: Here’s how Joe Biden’s climate plan could affect the oil and gas industry in Texas
Among his early proposals: tougher methane regulations for producers, incentives to encourage consumers to buy cars that do not run on gasoline, required disclosure of climate risks from public companies and pausing oil drilling on public lands.
On Wednesday, Biden signed a series of executive actions on the environment, including elevating climate change as a national security concern, committing to the goal of conserving at least 30% of all federal land and water by 2030 and to direct federal agencies to "procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles to create good-paying, union jobs and stimulate clean energy industries."
More: Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands
Agency 'homework'
Abbott said Texas will follow the playbook it used during the Obama administration. When Abbott served as attorney general, he said he sued the Obama administration 31 times, predominately over environmental regulations.
"One thing that we are going to be doing is exactly what I did when I was attorney general in Texas and Barack Obama was the president of the United States, when President Obama was lodging challenge after challenge after challenge to the Texas energy sector," Abbott said. "Texas will continue with that litigation strategy to fight back against any efforts by the Biden administration that threaten either the energy sector in general or jobs in the energy sector — in particular in the state of Texas."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton already has mounted a legal challenge to the Biden administration, suing over a Homeland Security Department order establishing a 100-day halt to most deportations. On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that order.
Paxton has promised to "fight against the many unconstitutional and illegal actions that the new administration will take."
Abbott said the executive order he signed Thursday will call on "every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the strength, vitality or independence of the energy industry in Texas."
"This is a homework assignment for every state agency in Texas," he said.
Texas produces 41.4% of the nation's crude oil output and 23.9% of its natural gas — a larger share than any other state.
Oil and gas make up between 30% and 35% of the gross state product, an estimate based on direct and indirect impacts.
Luke Metzger, executive director of Environment Texas, said Abbott is "on the wrong side of history."
"Global warming is battering Texas with more severe storms, flooding and extreme heat," he said in a statement. "The president’s plan will help smooth the transition away from fossil fuels and protect our citizens for generations to come. As we enter a clean energy future, the governor is blocking the doorway.
"We will do everything we can to see that President Biden is successful in his efforts to save the planet."
Economic concerns
Christi Craddick, who serves as chair of the Texas Railroad Commission that regulates the oil and gas industry, said earlier this month that she also is prepared to fight any burdensome Biden regulations.
“My agency is preparing to fight any and all overly egregious regulations to support the industry that funds one-third of our state's economy,” Craddick told the American-Statesman.
Leaders in the oil and gas industry in Texas also have raised concerns that smaller producers in the state could be hard hit, as they might not have the financial means to comply with tougher environmental regulations.
Plus, the industry is still reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Energy prices dropped in March at the start of the pandemic, when West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the benchmark in the United States, fell below $20 a barrel for the first time in 18 years. It has since risen to about $52, still down from the start of 2020, when it was near $60.
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Gov. Greg Abbott pledged Thursday to protect the state's oil and gas industry from the Biden administration's climate agenda and directed state agency heads to identify opportunities for litigation over federal environmental regulations.
"We're here for a singular purpose today," Abbott said after a roundtable meeting with industry leaders in Odessa. "To make clear that Texas is going to protect the oil and gas industry from any type of hostile attack launched from Washington, D.C."
President Joe Biden has outlined an ambitious climate change agenda, with the goal of transitioning away from fossil fuels. He has said he hopes to decarbonize the U.S. power sector by 2035 and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
More: Here’s how Joe Biden’s climate plan could affect the oil and gas industry in Texas
Among his early proposals: tougher methane regulations for producers, incentives to encourage consumers to buy cars that do not run on gasoline, required disclosure of climate risks from public companies and pausing oil drilling on public lands.
On Wednesday, Biden signed a series of executive actions on the environment, including elevating climate change as a national security concern, committing to the goal of conserving at least 30% of all federal land and water by 2030 and to direct federal agencies to "procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles to create good-paying, union jobs and stimulate clean energy industries."
More: Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands
Agency 'homework'
Abbott said Texas will follow the playbook it used during the Obama administration. When Abbott served as attorney general, he said he sued the Obama administration 31 times, predominately over environmental regulations.
"One thing that we are going to be doing is exactly what I did when I was attorney general in Texas and Barack Obama was the president of the United States, when President Obama was lodging challenge after challenge after challenge to the Texas energy sector," Abbott said. "Texas will continue with that litigation strategy to fight back against any efforts by the Biden administration that threaten either the energy sector in general or jobs in the energy sector — in particular in the state of Texas."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton already has mounted a legal challenge to the Biden administration, suing over a Homeland Security Department order establishing a 100-day halt to most deportations. On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that order.
Paxton has promised to "fight against the many unconstitutional and illegal actions that the new administration will take."
Abbott said the executive order he signed Thursday will call on "every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the strength, vitality or independence of the energy industry in Texas."
"This is a homework assignment for every state agency in Texas," he said.
Texas produces 41.4% of the nation's crude oil output and 23.9% of its natural gas — a larger share than any other state.
Oil and gas make up between 30% and 35% of the gross state product, an estimate based on direct and indirect impacts.
Luke Metzger, executive director of Environment Texas, said Abbott is "on the wrong side of history."
"Global warming is battering Texas with more severe storms, flooding and extreme heat," he said in a statement. "The president’s plan will help smooth the transition away from fossil fuels and protect our citizens for generations to come. As we enter a clean energy future, the governor is blocking the doorway.
"We will do everything we can to see that President Biden is successful in his efforts to save the planet."
Economic concerns
Christi Craddick, who serves as chair of the Texas Railroad Commission that regulates the oil and gas industry, said earlier this month that she also is prepared to fight any burdensome Biden regulations.
“My agency is preparing to fight any and all overly egregious regulations to support the industry that funds one-third of our state's economy,” Craddick told the American-Statesman.
Leaders in the oil and gas industry in Texas also have raised concerns that smaller producers in the state could be hard hit, as they might not have the financial means to comply with tougher environmental regulations.
Plus, the industry is still reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Energy prices dropped in March at the start of the pandemic, when West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the benchmark in the United States, fell below $20 a barrel for the first time in 18 years. It has since risen to about $52, still down from the start of 2020, when it was near $60.
Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is prepared to sue Biden administration over environmental regulations
JANUARY 28, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott pledged Thursday to protect the state's oil and gas industry from the Biden administration's climate agenda and directed state agency heads to identify opportunities for litigation over federal environmental regulations.
"We're here for a singular purpose today," Abbott said after a roundtable meeting with industry leaders in Odessa. "To make clear that Texas is going to protect the oil and gas industry from any type of hostile attack launched from Washington, D.C."
President Joe Biden has outlined an ambitious climate change agenda, with the goal of transitioning away from fossil fuels. He has said he hopes to decarbonize the U.S. power sector by 2035 and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
More: Here’s how Joe Biden’s climate plan could affect the oil and gas industry in Texas
Among his early proposals: tougher methane regulations for producers, incentives to encourage consumers to buy cars that do not run on gasoline, required disclosure of climate risks from public companies and pausing oil drilling on public lands.
On Wednesday, Biden signed a series of executive actions on the environment, including elevating climate change as a national security concern, committing to the goal of conserving at least 30% of all federal land and water by 2030 and to direct federal agencies to "procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles to create good-paying, union jobs and stimulate clean energy industries."
More: Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands
Agency 'homework'
Abbott said Texas will follow the playbook it used during the Obama administration. When Abbott served as attorney general, he said he sued the Obama administration 31 times, predominately over environmental regulations.
"One thing that we are going to be doing is exactly what I did when I was attorney general in Texas and Barack Obama was the president of the United States, when President Obama was lodging challenge after challenge after challenge to the Texas energy sector," Abbott said. "Texas will continue with that litigation strategy to fight back against any efforts by the Biden administration that threaten either the energy sector in general or jobs in the energy sector — in particular in the state of Texas."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton already has mounted a legal challenge to the Biden administration, suing over a Homeland Security Department order establishing a 100-day halt to most deportations. On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that order.
Paxton has promised to "fight against the many unconstitutional and illegal actions that the new administration will take."
Abbott said the executive order he signed Thursday will call on "every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the strength, vitality or independence of the energy industry in Texas."
"This is a homework assignment for every state agency in Texas," he said.
Texas produces 41.4% of the nation's crude oil output and 23.9% of its natural gas — a larger share than any other state.
Oil and gas make up between 30% and 35% of the gross state product, an estimate based on direct and indirect impacts.
Luke Metzger, executive director of Environment Texas, said Abbott is "on the wrong side of history."
"Global warming is battering Texas with more severe storms, flooding and extreme heat," he said in a statement. "The president’s plan will help smooth the transition away from fossil fuels and protect our citizens for generations to come. As we enter a clean energy future, the governor is blocking the doorway.
"We will do everything we can to see that President Biden is successful in his efforts to save the planet."
Economic concerns
Christi Craddick, who serves as chair of the Texas Railroad Commission that regulates the oil and gas industry, said earlier this month that she also is prepared to fight any burdensome Biden regulations.
“My agency is preparing to fight any and all overly egregious regulations to support the industry that funds one-third of our state's economy,” Craddick told the American-Statesman.
Leaders in the oil and gas industry in Texas also have raised concerns that smaller producers in the state could be hard hit, as they might not have the financial means to comply with tougher environmental regulations.
Plus, the industry is still reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Energy prices dropped in March at the start of the pandemic, when West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the benchmark in the United States, fell below $20 a barrel for the first time in 18 years. It has since risen to about $52, still down from the start of 2020, when it was near $60.
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Gov. Greg Abbott pledged Thursday to protect the state's oil and gas industry from the Biden administration's climate agenda and directed state agency heads to identify opportunities for litigation over federal environmental regulations.
"We're here for a singular purpose today," Abbott said after a roundtable meeting with industry leaders in Odessa. "To make clear that Texas is going to protect the oil and gas industry from any type of hostile attack launched from Washington, D.C."
President Joe Biden has outlined an ambitious climate change agenda, with the goal of transitioning away from fossil fuels. He has said he hopes to decarbonize the U.S. power sector by 2035 and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
More: Here’s how Joe Biden’s climate plan could affect the oil and gas industry in Texas
Among his early proposals: tougher methane regulations for producers, incentives to encourage consumers to buy cars that do not run on gasoline, required disclosure of climate risks from public companies and pausing oil drilling on public lands.
On Wednesday, Biden signed a series of executive actions on the environment, including elevating climate change as a national security concern, committing to the goal of conserving at least 30% of all federal land and water by 2030 and to direct federal agencies to "procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles to create good-paying, union jobs and stimulate clean energy industries."
More: Biden prioritizes climate change as national security concern, pauses oil drilling on public lands
Agency 'homework'
Abbott said Texas will follow the playbook it used during the Obama administration. When Abbott served as attorney general, he said he sued the Obama administration 31 times, predominately over environmental regulations.
"One thing that we are going to be doing is exactly what I did when I was attorney general in Texas and Barack Obama was the president of the United States, when President Obama was lodging challenge after challenge after challenge to the Texas energy sector," Abbott said. "Texas will continue with that litigation strategy to fight back against any efforts by the Biden administration that threaten either the energy sector in general or jobs in the energy sector — in particular in the state of Texas."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton already has mounted a legal challenge to the Biden administration, suing over a Homeland Security Department order establishing a 100-day halt to most deportations. On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that order.
Paxton has promised to "fight against the many unconstitutional and illegal actions that the new administration will take."
Abbott said the executive order he signed Thursday will call on "every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the strength, vitality or independence of the energy industry in Texas."
"This is a homework assignment for every state agency in Texas," he said.
Texas produces 41.4% of the nation's crude oil output and 23.9% of its natural gas — a larger share than any other state.
Oil and gas make up between 30% and 35% of the gross state product, an estimate based on direct and indirect impacts.
Luke Metzger, executive director of Environment Texas, said Abbott is "on the wrong side of history."
"Global warming is battering Texas with more severe storms, flooding and extreme heat," he said in a statement. "The president’s plan will help smooth the transition away from fossil fuels and protect our citizens for generations to come. As we enter a clean energy future, the governor is blocking the doorway.
"We will do everything we can to see that President Biden is successful in his efforts to save the planet."
Economic concerns
Christi Craddick, who serves as chair of the Texas Railroad Commission that regulates the oil and gas industry, said earlier this month that she also is prepared to fight any burdensome Biden regulations.
“My agency is preparing to fight any and all overly egregious regulations to support the industry that funds one-third of our state's economy,” Craddick told the American-Statesman.
Leaders in the oil and gas industry in Texas also have raised concerns that smaller producers in the state could be hard hit, as they might not have the financial means to comply with tougher environmental regulations.
Plus, the industry is still reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Energy prices dropped in March at the start of the pandemic, when West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the benchmark in the United States, fell below $20 a barrel for the first time in 18 years. It has since risen to about $52, still down from the start of 2020, when it was near $60.
Yep he is going to have to eat the crow on this also our infrastructure in this country seriously needs to be updated especially in places like Texas we are falling behind the rest of the world very quickly right now say what you want about China but their infrastructure is actually not bad considering some spots in the United States.
This dude is beyond garbage. He is a fucking homo.
Mexico needs to deny entry to Americans trying to cross the border for solace. Play "Build the Wall" on a loop.
We're going to have stuff breakdown like that bridge in Minnesota back in the day. How in the hell are we out of gas too?!? They will probably make more excuses about not touching the rainy day fund.
Man, the whole world has been getting upskirts of the US for decades now, but especially in the last year or more. American exceptionalism has been an Albatros to the US and the world is surpassing this country in SO many areas it's ridiculous.
Stay safe, homie.
When the power is restored, the big concern should be to stay away from stagnant water and flooded homes. This shit will not be resolved overnight and might even contribute to more deaths
Thats how its gonna be here this weekend when the snow melts and it freezes back over at night. Accidents and black ice all over the place.
Thanks fam
Its because the Texas Utility Utility Commission (or whatever their regulators are called) is owned by the GOP and failed to do its job, so as not interfere with a nickel of donor fat cats' profits. OHIO isn't much better and just had a major scandal with their energy regulators, so I'm going to be adding one of these to my shopping list as soon as I find a decent deal.
Been putting that shyt off forever, now caught me with my pants down and my balls are frozen .....
I ordered 2 of the electric ones. The lines for gas here were crazy. When firewood ran out.....niggas bought up all the charcoal. Actually putting charcoal in the fireplace.......gotta do what u gotta do.
I hope your main home is in good shape. My uncle in Sugarland got an inch of solid ice in his bedroom.
Damn
I see that the Fire Truck was the only vehicle with tire chains. They were outlawed in most places East of the Rockies, I think, to prevent pavement damage.
Fuck yo car!Finally got power back after 50+ hours and got internet back to boot. First thing I did was turn off plex for family that couldn’t bother to watch the evening news and give us updates on what’s going on locally. They aren’t tech savvy so I’m just going to tell them plex broke in the freeze.
And Obama
This dude threw his kids under the bus and blamed them for the trip. Doesn't he realize he doesn't have to worry about optics with Trump supporters? They're dumb and don't care about being abandoned by an elected official.
If you need to get out from under....
The government???
Remember when y'all clowned Atlanta for abandoning their cars? Ah, fun times!
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