re: Donors tied to pipelines accused of triggering blackouts gave $6.3M to Texas officials

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The Chronicle is the fairest major newspaper to the oil and gas industry. Most of its readership is connected to the industry in some way.

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The reporter Chris Tomlinson is not fair to oil & gas and actually benefits personally from solar and wind energy investments.


Just some of Tomlinson’s recent articles

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Tomlinson: Texas needs to move faster to become clean, green hydrogen hub

Tomlinson: Elon Musk's move to Texas has been an epic disaster, with no end in sight

Tomlinson: Texas GOP's policies on COVID, guns, abortion and education are bad for business

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He also has been pushing this over and over with multiple articles in August and September and probably more back further.

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AUGUST 24, 2023
Why Texas regulators refuse to investigate role pipelines played in 2021 blackouts

AUGUST 16, 2023
Why Texas regulators refuse to investigate role pipelines played in 2021 blackouts

AUGUST 14, 2023
Rival companies, state AGs accuse Texas pipeline operators of fraud over prices during Uri

AUGUST 11, 2023
Texas pipeline operators triggered deadly 2021 blackouts while chasing profits, lawsuit alleges

AUGUST 9, 2023
Deadly Texas blackouts during 2021 freeze were caused by greed, not the cold, lawsuits allege

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/chris-tomlinson/

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“(Disclosure: My wife works for a private equity firm that invests in clean energy companies, and they have projects in Texas. But my interest in climate change and energy dates back 30 years, and like most spouses, my wife will tell you she has little influence over my opinions.)” – Tomlinson

But the conflict is more than being married to a person that “works for a private equity firm that invests in clean energy companies”; his wife is a multi-millionaire rainmaker in wind and solar–the very two energies that Chris champions so completely and extensively.

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Tomlinson is also trying to defend his criticism on those concerned about relying on wind and solar too much who he called “Fossil fuel-supporting Chicken Littles” right before winter 2021.

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And yes, wind and solar wounded the very grid that killed hundreds of Texans in February 2021–right after Chris himself said in one of his editorials:

“Fossil fuel-supporting Chicken Littles have done their best to spread fear of renewable energy, warning that relying on wind, solar and storage would lead to blackouts and economic devastation.”

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