2019 Mid-Year Environmental Review
Whew! The dog days of summer are finally upon us! That means it’s the perfect time for CEC’s annual mid-year review. Every year, we like to check in with our readers on you feel our region is faring in the environmental space.
At the end of last year, we asked you to let us know what you see as issues or events of importance to the greater Houston region’s environmental community for 2019. This is what you told us:
- Kids aren’t connecting with their natural environment
- Fewer miles driven
- Land conservation around Houston for greenways, habitat conservation, farm land
- What our mayor is doing to help clean up Houston dumping, and how the city is cleaning the bayous
- Converting open lots after Harvey into spot parks or wildlife habitat
- Flood mitigation, water resource conservation, ecological restoration, youth education events
As a community, are we making progress on these items? Have other environmental accomplishments, controversies, issues, news, or events emerged as significant for the greater Houston region? Let us know what you think.
Note: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly took the photo above of Houston and the Gulf Coast as the International Space Station flew overhead.