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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Portland: Trail Blazers Portland, Ore., tops sustainable-cities ranking		22 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 5:11 PM on 22 Sep 2008 For the fourth year in a row, Portland, Ore., has been named the most sustainable of the 50 largest U.S. cities. The rankings by green org SustainLane, which take 16 economic and quality-of-life factors into consideration, "reveal which cities are increasingly self-sufficient, prepared for the unexpected, and taking steps toward preserving and enhancing their quality of life," says ...
Topics: Chicago, lists, news, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, urban planning (all these topics)

15 Green Cities		19 Jul 2007	Main Dish
These metropolises aren't literally the greenest places on earth -- they're not necessarily dense with foliage, for one, and some still have a long way to go down the path to sustainability. But all of the cities on this list deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness, helping their many millions of residents live better, greener lives. If your favorite green city didn't make the list, tell us why it deserves recognition in the comment ...
Topics: Chicago, lists, London, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

Lists A couple	David Roberts	18 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Here are two lists, for those of you into that kind of thing: First, Sustainlane -- which seems to produce a list every few weeks, no? -- has a list of the Top Ten Cities for Renewable Energy. That's the cities that provide citizens with the most green power. They are: 1. Oakland, CA 2. Sacramento/SF/San Jose, CA (tie) 3. Portland, OR 4. Boston, MA 5. San Diego, CA 6. Austin, TX 7. Los Angeles, CA 8. Minneapolis, MN 9. Seattle, WA 10. Chicago, IL Oaklan ...
Topics: cars, Chicago, energy, green living, placemaking, Portland, renewable energy, San Francisco, Seattle (all these topics)

Cities are cool	Clark Williams-Derry	03 May 2006	Gristmill
Cool images from the Center for Neighborhood Technology show that people who live in dense urban areas -- downtown San Francisco, the denser parts of L.A., or the Chicago city core -- emit less CO2 for transportation. See for yourself:I'm showing San Francisco above because it's closest to my heart, but I think the Chicago map is coolest.The simple explanation for the pattern is that people who live in denser neighborhoods -- places where stores, services, and j ...
Topics: Chicago, San Francisco (all these topics)

Distributed generation	praktike	21 Apr 2005	Gristmill
Next American City has an informative piece about what cities like San Francisco and Chicago are doing to encourage distributed generation and solar power. I'm a little more skeptical than author Jeff Perlman about whether photovoltaics are indeed ready for prime time, but that's no reason not to experiment.
Topics: Chicago, San Francisco (all these topics)

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