On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike are joined by Phil Kerpen, president of American Commitment, as they discuss the latest COVID-19 lockdown measures, political gaffes in the age of Zoom, the resurgence of carbon tax proposals, and recap what went wrong in Texas and what it means for the rest of the country's grids.

Links:

• Subscribe to AEA's 'In The Pipeline" daily energy newsletter: https://www.americanenergyalliance.org/itp/

• Schumer on the 'true' failure in Texas: https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1363873934840528898

•5 board members of Texas utility grid operator ERCOT quit. They all live out of state: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/24/ercot-board-members-resign-texas-power-outages/4572169001/

• Oakley, CA school board members caught on tape mocking parents who desperately need their kids back in the classroom: https://twitter.com/reopencaschools/status/1362286076233093121?s=12

• Follow Phil Kerpen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kerpen

• Follow American Commitment on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmerComm

• Learn more about American Commitment: https://www.americancommitment.org/

• Dr. Fauci's vaccine limitation announcement: https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1364375509690249217?s=12

• Key Biden aide said pandemic was 'best thing that ever happened to him', book says: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/24/covid-best-thing-biden-anita-dunn-lucky-book-jonathan-allen-annie-parnes

• Bill Gates says reducing greenhouse emissions to zero is "bigger than anything humanity has done to date": https://www.cbsnews.com/video/bill-gates-says-reducing-greenhouse-emissions-to-zero-is-bigger-than-anything-humanity-has-done-to-date/#x

• Romney: 'I'm very open to a carbon tax': https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1063725871

• John Kerry says Earth has 9 years to avert the worst consequences of climate crisis: "There's no faking it on this one": https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/climate-change-9-years-john-kerry/?__twitter_impression=true