Guest writer: Kevin MacDonald, Clark County Department of Environment & Sustainability

Summer’s here and the time is right…for letting us know what local environmental issues are most important to you. We need you to complete our latest All-In Clark County survey, because people just like you will drive the local government, businesses and organizations to develop the best plan to address our water concerns, extreme heat and other climate change-related impacts in Clark County.

All-In Clark County is our action to address climate change and create a more sustainable future for Southern Nevada. We’ve already dug into our County operations. Now, we’re completing the Community Sustainability and Climate Action Plan that will address reliable energy, water, connected and equitable mobility and more. You can read all about it at AllinClarkCounty.com.

In the meantime, check out the survey. No homework required and, if you’re riding an RTC bus right now, you’ll be done before you reach your destination. To sweeten the deal, we’ll enter you to win a $100 grocery gift card. Who couldn’t use a hundred bucks-worth of free groceries?

Groceries aside, we need to seriously take a look at what we’re doing now and how we can make things better. The so-called “bathtub ring” at Lake Mead is only getting larger. And six of the past seven summers have been the hottest on record. We can’t wait for something magical from faraway to happen. We need to act now. The power is in YOUR hands.

Help us affect change at our local level. It’s time to go All-In with us. Take the survey today.