Nearly a year ago, the Covid-19 pandemic began bringing death, disease and economic distress to millions of households. And this week freakish winter weather swept into the South, bringing record low temperatures to states such as Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky. But Texas, the country's top energy producer...is the only state in the contiguous US essentially unable to borrow energy from other states." Adam Sobel, who studies extreme weather, wrote "there is an ongoing, legitimate scientific debate" about exactly what role global climate change plays in producing storms like this week's. GOP civil warThe "former guy" tag is an effective way to counter Trump, wrote Michael D'Antonio.

Source: The Nation February 21, 2021 13:41 UTC