Media Bubbles

With millions of Texans still without power in the wake of a winter storm and frigid temperatures, everyone is looking for someone to blame.

CNN's Brianna Keilar speaks with Daniel Cohan, a professor at Rice University, about the power outages in Texas due to the severe winter weather.

Even as millions across the West, Midwest and South -- and particularly Texas -- suffer with access to power, water and heat, the political debate over causes and blame remains hot and laden with old arguments, writes Adam Sobel. A few are substantive, but ma…

Volunteers work to rescue cold-stunned sea turtles amid winter storms in Texas. CNN affiliate KRGV reports.

As millions across Texas battle power outages and freezing temperatures during the massive winter storm, one element has proved especially problematic -- water.

CNN's Brianna Keilar corrects Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after he blamed renewable energy for power shortages during a winter storm.

The storm that is dropping snow and freezing rain from Texas through the mid-Mississippi River Valley will head for the Northeast by Thursday and bring more of the white stuff with it.

Texans are suffering after a rare snowstorm knocked out power for more than 4 million homes. But climate change means extreme weather -- and blackouts -- could become the new normal nationwide.

As millions of people across the United States continue to weather a deadly winter storm without power, forecasts predict ice and low temperatures could be ahead for some of the worst-hit states.

More system failures loom as the weather becomes more extreme. But disasters can also serve as needed wake-up calls.

The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the frozen wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at fault. No, Texas’s deregulated power market, unique in the country, had allowed companies to skimp on maintenance and …

Republican politicians are using the widespread power outages in Texas to place false blame on renewable energy.

The only way of knowing exactly how many people are without power would be to call up all of the utilities and collect real-time data.

Anthony Zurcher explains how blackouts in Texas fit into a wider debate over energy and climate change.

At least 21 people have died while many more are struggling with power cuts and frigid conditions.

Summary List PlacementSen. Ted Cruz struck a rare conciliatory tone after Twitter users lambasted the Texas senator for a resurfaced August tweet in which he mocked California's "failed energy policies," as millions of Texans were left without electricity due…

Millions of Texas residents are without power amid frigid temperatures. Now, some must also cope with bursting water pipes – the latest effect of a winter storm that has pummeled much of the U.S. (Feb. 17)

People in Austin, Texas wait in long lines braving the bitter cold outside a grocery store. Footage shared by Twitter user @dannygoldentune

Colorado City's mayor posted "no-one owes you or your family anything", amid a deadly winter storm.

Too cold to count sheep, I started tallying the toll of this disaster. The most important number is anyone's guess.

Frozen wind turbines are being blamed for power failures - but problems with fossils fuels are a bigger issue.

From dressing properly, to keeping warm in power cuts, to signalling for help when stranded.

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As the Lone Star State shivers in the dark, it's worth considering how we got here.

Parents resort to gas stoves or build fires inside their homes during power outages, with no relief in sight

On the menu today: Retail spending surges, Texas freeze worsens chip shortage, Citigroup loses debt dispute, and the two sides of the output-gap debate.

Oil tariffs will transfer wealth from American consumers to energy producers.

Meanwhile, mainstream media outlets took shots at Limbaugh in their respective obituaries.

Millions of Americans entered a third day without power as more snow and freezing rain moves toward the East Coast, prolonging icy conditions in some areas hit earlier this week. Photo: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg News

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Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would encourage the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate treaty and a bill that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include the impact of job loss or creation i…

Millions of Americans are freezing, with no power in Texas for the fourth day in a row and at least 21 people dead, but President Joe Biden is publicly ignoring the crisis.

Greg Abbott tells 'Hannity' belief ending fossil fuels will maintain 'safe and comfortable nation' is 'foolish'

Galveston County, Texas, officials called for a refrigerated truck to hold an expected influx of winter-storm-related deaths. The county judge said they expect to receive "a couple dozen bodies" from people who died during subfreezing conditions and power out…

Conservation group Sea Turtle, Inc. said it has already rescued approximately 4,000 "cold-stunned" turtles from Texas beaches on Wednesday morning.

Guests at a hotel in South Padre Island were forced to deal with power outages, lacking water, and no hospitality staff amid a historic winter storm for the Texas beach community.

Locals from Texas City, Texas, came together to help the residents of two senior living apartment complexes whose residents had no electricity for four days. Welfare checks conducted by city officials resulted in one life being saved from possible carbon mono…

The mayor of Colorado City, Texas, resigned after posting a social media tirade against residents airing their concerns for heat, power, and water shortages during the historic winter storm still gripping the state.

The organization responsible for managing the flow of electricity from producers to 26 million Texas customers removed the names of its board members from its website. The removal follows threats against the leadership of the organization.