OAKLAND, CA-- Portland, OR is the greenest city in the U.S., according to Popular Science magazine.
The city 's efforts earned it the top slot on Popular Science magazine's list of 50 greenest U.S. cities. San Francisco, Boston, Oakland, CA, and Eugene, OR, rounded out the top five greenest cities. Cambridge, MA; Berkeley, CA; Seattle, Chicago and Austin, Texas finished in the top 10 list.
The magazine celebrates these cities that have taken strides toward sustainability far faster than the U.S. federal government. Austin, for example, has committed to using renewable energy to satisfy a third of its energy needs by 2020, while Seattle has retrofitted its municipal heavy duty diesel vehicles to reduce particulate pollution by 50 percent.
The list, based on raw data from the U.S. Census Bureau and National Geographic Society's Green Guide, focuses on how cities perform in terms of transportation, green living, electricity and recycling and green perspective.
New York landed on the list at #20, while Syracuse (#17), Rochester (#27), and Elizabeth, NJ (#48) also made the top 50.
Popular Science Magazine
www.popsci.com
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