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Almost three years since the deadly Texas blackout of 2021, a panel of judges from the First Court of Appeals in Houston has ruled that big power companies cannot be held liable for failure to provide electricity during the crisis. The reason is Texas’ deregulated energy market.

The decision seems likely to protect the companies from lawsuits filed against them after the blackout. It leaves the families of those who died unsure where next to seek justice.

In February of 2021, a massive cold front descended on Texas, bringing days of ice and snow. The weather increased energy demand and reduced supply by freezing up power generators and the state’s natural gas supply chain. This led to a blackout that left millions of Texans without energy for nearly a week.

The state has said almost 250 people died because of the winter storm and blackout, but some analysts call that a serious undercount.

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 122 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Remember when conservatives blamed "windmills" for this? All while conservatives in charge of Texas raked in millions of dollars in campaign donations from ERCOT members. Conservatives will gleefully watch your family die for fun or profit.

A conservative is incapable of empathy or remorse. Be very careful in your dealings with them. They do not value the lives of others the way normal people do.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Conservatives will gleefully watch your family die for fun or profit.

From their beach cabana in Cancun, no less.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Canada apologizes for exporting that to America.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don’t worry about it. We just assume Canada is too sane to support that craziness

[–] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Oh I wish that were true. The Conservative party leader, Pierre Poilievre (aka PP or Millhouse) is on the verge of becoming a Trump syncophant.

Pierre Poilievre on "radical gender ideology"

PP wants Canada to be "the blockchain capital of the world"

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] violetraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago

I thought there was a law passed where you have to call people by their ”deadname". If so, all should be calling him Rafael /jk

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

The greatest Canadian to ever live

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Incapable of truth, too. As a lawyer, I will not take them on as clients. They lie constantly to justify their emotions. That's really it.

[–] girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago

But muh feewings!

As an aside, I used to live in a remote fishing area and we had tons of American visitors. I remember one woman told me she knew Obama was the devil because she felt "the evil" emanating from him.

smdh