| Those of us in the northern U.S. who are inured to the vagaries of winter — icy roads, frozen pipes, briefly losing electricity — might have had a chuckle or two early last week at the expense of Texans who were struck by an unusual blast of Arctic air. Any laughter was quickly silenced: The death toll from the deep freeze has continued to rise as millions were left without stable heat or electricity, and the weaknesses of Texas' power system have been exposed for the threat they pose to Texans and the nation's grid as a whole. Most of all, the frigid, not-that-unusual weather has hastened our need to confront climate change. One thing we've learned: This crisis belongs to all of us. The Simple Lesson of the Texas Blackouts — Bloomberg's editorial board Texas and California Blackouts: A Song of Ice and Fire — Liam Denning Texas Shows What Happens When We Ignore Climate Change — Timothy L. O'Brien Blame Texas Exceptionalism For This Crisis, Not Green Energy — Julian Lee Protecting Your House From a Texas-Sized Disaster — Sarah Green Carmichael Texas Blackout Shows Where the New Energy Jobs Are — Matthew Winkler Texas' Red-Blooded Energy Market Is on Ice — Liam Denning Canceling Keystone XL Heralds the End of Fossil Fuels, Not Jobs — Noah Smith This is the Theme of the Week edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a digest of our top commentary published every Sunday. | 
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