The sub-zero temperatures causing blackouts across the southern U.S. are connected to climate change.ByBrian K SullivanFebruary 16, 2021, 11:10 AM PSThttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.443.0_en.html#goog_761743954Texas Bans Shipping of Natural Gas Out of StateUnmuteClimate Change, Bitter Cold Create Chaos for Energy Systems

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How the Warming Arctic Helped Drive a Deep Freeze Into Texas – Bloomberg

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The Earth’s poles are warming faster than anywhere on the planet. While the consequences of that aren’t completely understood, it’s becoming apparent that many of the world’s extreme weatherevents owe theArcticat least some of the credit.

A blast of cold air that swept out of Canada in mid-February, moving across the Great Plains and deep into the South, has overburdened the electrical grid and triggeredwidespreadpower outagesin Texas, which like many southern statesrelies predominantly on electric…