When Winter Storm Fern slammed much of the country last month, it did more than knock out power — it exposed the dangerous consequences of Washington’s hyper-partisan green energy mandates. 

Over a million people were left without power at the storm’s peak, causing food spoilage, school shutdowns, freezing homes, and hospitals precariously relying on backup generators. Over a million suffered in the dark long after the storm passed, facing life-threatening conditions, and more than 115 have died. Quite frankly, it was largely preventable had radical energy activism not endangered this nation.

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And now, after Winter Storm Hernando this week hammered parts of the country with heavy snow, dangerous winds, and renewed power outages, the public is being reminded in real time that grid reliability is not an abstract policy debate. Rather, it is a matter of safety and survival. 

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President Donald Trump was right to issue a Day One declaration of a national energy emergency. It’s not a talking point; it’s a major problem. Years of policies pushing out reliable coal and natural gas plants, while betting heavily on insufficient and less reliable wind and solar infrastructure, have unnecessarily endangered people’s lives. That urgency........

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