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San Francisco result the fashion among the top climate - ready city in the United States .
10. Chicago
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has inspired this magisterial city to pull out of its once - Rust Belt manufacturing by and into one of the most livable big urban center in the United States . Because of his skillful deed , the city has been touted to become the greenest metropolitan city in the Midwest . Chicago has more than 300 miles of bikeways , 7 million square foot ofgreen roofsand boasts moregreen hotels(13 ) than any city in the commonwealth .
9. San Jose, Calif.
San Jose is relatively unknown in the green globe . Having once been the burgeoning gumption behind Silicon Valley , it cut down behind when the superman - com bubble burst and mass take their money elsewhere , which mean less aid on an environmental makeover . However , in 2007 , San Jose city council approved aGreen Vision , which had the goal of making San Jose the center of light engineering science innovation . In 2010 , the city enthrone in a phone number of clean technical school funds . Not only is its per - capitaenergyuse only 4.8 percent , but it also boasts 53.2 per centum more trail mile than before the Green Vision was O.K. .
8. Philadelphia (tie with New York )
Philadelphia has taken efforts to transparently track itssustainabilityperformance against forward - looking quarry . This is n’t something every city does . TheMayor ’s Office of Sustainabilityreleased its 2010 study , which stated city regime get-up-and-go white plague and greenhouse emission were down as much as 30 percent of their destination andlocal foodis now available within 10 transactions of 75 percent of the city ’s residents .
7. New York (tie with Philadelphia)
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg boldly stated , “ If you ca n’t get across it , you ca n’t measure it . ” And that ’s exactly what the urban center is doing ; publicly chase its environmental progress seems to get the ball pealing . New York City has the covetous No . 1 - ranked public - transit - per - head scheme , even though it ’s the most densely populated metropolis in the United States .
6. San Diego
San Diego has fortune on its side in that it ’s right next to the ocean . The beautiful mood and abundance of sunshine is allowing the city to total 50 megawatts ofrenewable energyby 2013 , much of which issolar . As far as public deportation , San Diego has a famous light - rails streetcar organization that makes 90,000 day-after-day trip , putting it in the running play for one of the good .
5. Denver
Alongside its breathless views of the Rockies and the honour of being the 8th healthiest state in the state byForbesmagazine , Denver is also a drawing card in the passage to a low - carbon paper economy . The city ’s Fast Track light - railing program not only ramp up up a immature economy , but help keep expelling low .
4. Washington, D.C.
Although our national leaders free-base in this city have had a hard time with making the entire country an overall green winner , the capitol city is No . 5 due to D.C. residents being the second most active users of public rail transportation . On top of this , District leaders have vowed to reduce the metropolis ’s emissions by 30 percentage by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050 , pass away a very buff green building code and is 2d in the country ( behind Chicago ) in unripe roofs .
3. Portland, Ore.
This small urban center has an first-class public transportation system of rules and a double - digit number of downtownLEED - certified buildings . Also , in this college Ithiel Town , Portland ’s universities are actively committed to sustainability .
2. Seattle, Wash.
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels created theU.S. Mayors for Climate Protection Agreement , which consecrate to cut down carbon emissions in their metropolis below 1990 levels , in line with theKyoto Protocol . The city also has six universities committed to theAssociation for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Educationand put up Bainbridge Graduate Institute , which has one of the first MBA programs in the Earth dedicated to sustainability education . Seattle is also among lead city with the most LEED - demonstrate construction in the United States . As for carbon paper reduction , the metropolis is home to the country ’s first C - neutral major public-service corporation .
1. San Francisco
San Francisco remain the leader as the top most environmentally advanced city in the United States . The city is part of four major clime agreements : U.S. Mayors for Climate Protection , Clinton 40,Carbon War RoomandICLEI . Like a few other cities , its universities ( 11 ) are members of AASHE , and the city also has one of the first and top MBA ( Presidio Graduate School ) programs dedicate to sustainability Education Department . San Francisco is the winner in the race for the most LEED - certified buildings per caput in the United States and the large shock investment conference in the world resides there(SOCAP ) .
