Daily Grist: New report ranks greenest U.S. cities, and more

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At 05:31 PM 2/23/07, you wrote:

 

>Detroit Should Get an Award for Ending Every List

>New report ranks U.S. cities on environmental and social realities

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>A new report ranks 72 U.S. cities on their greenness -- but we're not

>talking just parks and bike paths. The Urban Environment Report, put out

>by the Washington, D.C.-based Earth Day Network, includes a " vulnerable

>population index " that takes into account the segment of a city's

>population that is most susceptible to environmental changes, including

>those who are unemployed and uninsured. " This study is the first of its

>kind, not only because of the sheer quantity of environmental data

>analyzed, but also because it redefines the term 'environmental' to

>include public health, poverty, education, and other quality-of-life

>issues, " said Earth Day Network President Kathleen Rogers. Other factors

>studied include climate-change action, air quality, transportation,

>toxics, and human health. Topping the list of green go-getters is Fargo,

>N.D., with Burlington, Vt., Portland, Ore., and Colorado Springs, Colo.,

>close behind. Languishing at the bottom: El Paso, Cleveland, Miami, and

>Detroit.

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>straight to the source: El Paso Times, Erica Molina Johnson, 23 Feb 2007

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>straight to the report: Urban Environment Report

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>see also, in Grist: A special series on poverty and the environment

 

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