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Top 10 Greenest Cities in the U.S.

posted by Megan, selected from Green Options Jul 17, 2009 5:12 pm

By Tom Schueneman, Green Options

The Mother Nature Network has just published their list of the ten greenest cities in the United States.

MNN considered key areas to measure the effectiveness of a municipality’s efforts at carbon footprint reduction, including air and water quality, efficient recycling and management of waste, percentage of LEED certified buildings, acres of land devoted to green space, use of renewable energy, and easy access to green products and services.

And the MNN winners are:

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Pris D.
  • Pris D. says
  • Aug 13, 2009 7:50 AM

hello
I really enjoyed this info.
I traveled to portland oregon last summer and loved every minute of it. This city rocks.
I was surprised to read that sf does not allow plastic bags, good for them.

Ana Beatriz de Carvalho

Thanks! =)

William Skip Dykoski

There should be a category for smaller cities and White Bear Lake - a northern suburb of St. Paul, MN should endeavor to be the greenest small city in US less it name sake becomes extinct and they didn't do everything they could to prevent it.

Laura S.

11 pages? Really? And only 7 lines on the first page?

Renew T.

Glad to see Chicago on the list. One of my favorite and greenest cities!

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