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Why Texas broke: the crisis that sank the state has no easy fix

22 mins | Mar 4, 2021
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What lessons can the big energy bosses learn from the Texas power cuts? Rachel Adams-Heard provides a first-person recollection of the largest forced power outage in American history, which caused unliveable freezing conditions inside the homes of many across the state. She explores how the crisis exposed huge infrastructural flaws in the Texan energy network and, despite the fatal repercussions, why it is likely to take a long time to develop meaningful change.

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