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With seven people killed and close to a million losing power, the recent storms hit Texas hard. Restoring electricity may take days and may not be completed by Wednesday. The isolation of the Texas power grid has become a symbol of the state’s independent streak and resistance to federal oversight in recent years. The massive outages during Winter Storm Uri in 2021 were a wake-up call to the vulnerabilities of Texas’ system. But Texas hit the snooze button, resulting in repeated crises in Summer 2022 and Winter 2023. Now it seems Texas is sleepwalking into another avoidable crisis ... ERCOT...

Many countries are ramping up coal to keep up with rising energy demands. Even some EU countries that were otherwise planning to exit coal usage are now seeing an increase in production and fossil-powered energy generation. ... Despite the best efforts to the contrary, short-term global reliance on coal has only increased... energy is getting harder and harder to come by, and most countries are falling back on reliable .. sources. Energy Issues Have Left Many Nations with No Other Choice.. In the US, coal production has risen significantly from last year... production is up 6%.. ... China, too, has...