Photo Credit: Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times By Emma Williams As of Thursday night, 47 people have died throughout the country after it was hit by an extreme winter storm, more than half the deaths were in Texas alone, largely due to the mismanagement by Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The central part of the Midwest largely relies on … Continue reading 47 Dead as Energy Providers Institute Blackouts
By Regina Jones With their words and actions, Texas politicians have shown their disregard for the suffering of Texans who have been left to fend for themselves without electricity and stable utilities in historic low winter temperatures and extreme conditions rarely experienced in the state. The irresponsibility of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), who mismanaged the run-up to the storm and failed to … Continue reading Texas: Politicians Mock the People’s Suffering during Capitalist-Caused Winter Crisis
Photo credit: http://www.theporterco.com/ By Brian Martel Although homes have been without power for days, the City of Austin allowed manufacturing to continue fully powered until Tuesday. Austin Energy began shutting off power to homes on Sunday when the Texas energy grid began to fail across the system. On Tuesday, over half of all households in Austin had no power. During this time, companies like Samsung … Continue reading Austin: Manufacturing Kept Running While Hundreds of Thousands Had No Power
Tribune shares the following gallery of photos taken by the Austin Tribune Support Committee which provide a picture of the conditions faced by the heroic workers and people of Austin who have been forced to suffer by the criminal negligence and indifference of the capitalist system. The people of Austin and Texas have weathered the corner cutting of ERCOT and other players in the energy … Continue reading Photos: The Capitalist Winter Disaster in Austin
By Trent Moss Capitalist mismanagement has left over a million Houston residents without power and many without water and food in the face of a massive winter storm that engulfed Texas on Sunday night. Some residents have been without power since Sunday while others have been subject to rolling blackouts which have been implemented without notice or schedule. Despite power outages and below-freezing temperatures, CenterPoint … Continue reading Houston: Mismanagement of Winter Storm Endangers Millions of Residents
Cover Photo: Austinites sheltering at a warming center (Credit: Austin Tribune SC) By Nélida Tello Temperatures in Austin hit below freezing during the week, as layers of snow and sleet covered the city. Hundreds of thousands of people across the city weathered the historic winter storm without power due to the failure of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) as well as various power … Continue reading Austin: Energy Companies Cut Corners, Thousands Weather Historic Storm Without Power
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