‘Climate change is real’: Mayor Turner, advocacy groups talk city’s climate plan on 1-year anniversary
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HOUSTON – In recent years, the city Houston has garnered the unofficial title of disaster capital of the United States.
“Four months into office in 2016, the Tax Day flood, 2017 hurricane Harvey, 2019 Tropical Storm Imelda, February 2021 the winter storm,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said Monday in an interview with KPRC 2.
In many ways, Turner’s tenure has been defined by the series of natural disasters, all climate change-related, he said.
“The storms are coming with greater frequency, greater intensity and costing all of us a lot more. Climate change is real,” Turner said.