Green Options » Cool Cities http://greenoptions.com/tag/cool-cities Posts tagged 'Cool Cities' Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mean Joe Green #39: Naughty Mayors May Get Coal This Year http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:13:17 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/ A recent Jerry James Stone article highlighted the fact that 902 mayors recently signed the Climate Protection Agreement–a pledge to meet the standards set by the Kyoto Protocol.

Well done to those mayors!

(Makes ya wonder how many didn’t… and why not!?)

]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/feed/ Popular Science Highlights America’s 50 Greenest Cities http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/16/popular-science-highlights-americas-50-greenest-cities/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/16/popular-science-highlights-americas-50-greenest-cities/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:39 +0000 Carol McClelland http://sustainablog.org/2008/02/16/popular-science-highlights-americas-50-greenest-cities/ Portland, Oregon - Greenest City Drawing from US Census Data and National Geographic Society’s Green Guide that collected data on thirty characteristics for American cities over 100,000 people, Popular Science create a list of America’s 50 Greenest Cities. Combining the data into four categories (electricity, transportation, green building/spaces, recycling), Popular Science determined green scores (see article for details) for the various cities and identified the cities who are at the forefront.

The top ten cities are: Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Boston, MA; Oakland, CA; Eugene, OR; Cambridge, MA; Berkeley, CA; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX. If you enjoy a visual, an industrious blogger from Austin TX placed all of the data on a map for easy viewing.

I found this list to be an interesting resource for people who are looking for green careers, start a green business, or grow their green business.

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