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Climate change is real : Mayor Turner, advocacy groups talk city s climate plan on 1-year anniversary

‘Climate change is real’: Mayor Turner, advocacy groups talk city’s climate plan on 1-year anniversary Tags:  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.

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas Harris County

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas Harris County
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Coastal News Today | TX - $1 4B Shortfall Threatens Houston Area Flood Control Projects

The projects in need of the most funding are in some of the area’s poorest neighborhoods that have repeatedly flooded in recent decades and have not received the same amount of funding for flood mitigation as other local communities, according to experts and community advocates. That has reinforced the belief by many residents of low-income areas in eastern Harris County along Greens and Halls bayous, which have repeatedly flooded, that they will continue to be left behind and forgotten about, said Iris Gonzalez, director of the Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience, a Houston-based advocacy group. “A lot of the questions that the community has for … our elected officials is, ‘When is the investment going to come?’ How many hurricane seasons do they have to face before they can feel and see the level of protection that they deserve,” Gonzalez said.

$1 4B Shortfall Threatens Houston Area Flood Control Projects

$1.4B Shortfall Threatens Houston Area Flood Control Projects Flood control projects approved by Houston area voters in 2018 in response to Hurricane Harvey are facing a $1.4 billion shortfall that could delay their completion, officials have announced. The projects in need of the most funding are in some of the area’s poorest neighborhoods that have repeatedly flooded in recent decades and have not received the same amount of funding for flood mitigation as other local communities, according to experts and community advocates. That has reinforced the belief by many residents of low-income areas in eastern Harris County along Greens and Halls bayous, which have repeatedly flooded, that they will continue to be left behind and forgotten about, said Iris Gonzalez, director of the Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience, a Houston-based advocacy group.

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