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HOUSTON In his column on the freezing temperatures and resulting power outages in Texas last week, Rex Murphy argued that the overzealous concern progressives have for global warming is pushing us toward dangerous green investments (Hurling Public Money at Renewables is Dangerous, Rex Murphy, Feb. 18). Environmentalists, he argued, have been “harassing everyone from schoolchildren to government officials for the near 30 years” with an “alarmist narrative.”
Our false alarm, according to Murphy, has led to menacing political interference in North America’s fossil-based energy infrastructure. He cites the failure of Texas green energy in last week’s severe winter weather as the latest example of policymakers “hurling vast sums of public money on renewable energy, (which) is not only a folly, but dangerous.” But is he right that Texas’ winter misery, the failure of its power grid and the boil-water advisories in some parts of the state is the fault o
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