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green cities, gray cities
"green" these days means how earth-friendly someone, something, or someplace is.
so, how earth-friendly can a city be?
as you would expect, different regions of the country have different challenges--water for desert cities, air quality in Los Angeles for obvious (and not-so obvious) reasons, everything but air quality in Hawaii (which is completely dependent on imports by sea and air).
Read the scoop: US city rankings report.
Top cities... Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, OAKLAND!!! Way to go Oaklandishers...
The report covers the top 50 largest US cities (not metro areas) in tap water quality, percentage of public transit use, drive-alone-to-work rates, % green energy, % "green buildings", etc...
Worth a look!
so, how earth-friendly can a city be?
as you would expect, different regions of the country have different challenges--water for desert cities, air quality in Los Angeles for obvious (and not-so obvious) reasons, everything but air quality in Hawaii (which is completely dependent on imports by sea and air).
Read the scoop: US city rankings report.
Top cities... Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, OAKLAND!!! Way to go Oaklandishers...
The report covers the top 50 largest US cities (not metro areas) in tap water quality, percentage of public transit use, drive-alone-to-work rates, % green energy, % "green buildings", etc...
Worth a look!
