
Green New Deal would have left many more Texans in the dark: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick
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If Texas had implemented Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal, the state would still be without power after last week's deadly winter storms, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told ""The Faulkner Focus" Wednesday
Patrick added that the widely quoted statistic that about 25% of Texas’ energy comes from renewable sources, that's only true "when the weather is nice, the sun's out, the wind's blowing." "But in tough times, like in the coldest days in the winter and in the hottest days in the summer, we can't rely on them," he explained. "So we lost about half of our renewals going into this storm.More Related News