North America's greenest cities aren't just on the West Coast, long known for environmentalism. They're also in the South, East and Midwest as innovative eco-efforts proliferate.
San Francisco, which requires recycling and bans non-reusable shopping bags, ranks first on a 27-city survey released today, but three Eastern cities —New York, Boston and Washington — make the top 10, as do Denver and Minneapolis.
"There's a real trend in these cities to pay attention to environmental sustainability for economic reasons" that include cutting energy costs, says Eric Spiegel, president and CEO of Siemens Corp., which sponsored the survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a research division of The Economist. "They're not waiting for Washington to make up its mind on climate change."
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Green cities span coasts, as eco-efforts intensify
North America's greenest cities aren't just on the West Coast, long known for environmentalism. They're also in the South, East and Midwest as innovative eco-efforts proliferate.
San Francisco, which requires recycling and bans non-reusable shopping bags, ranks first on a 27-city survey released today, but three Eastern cities —New York, Boston and Washington — make the top 10, as do Denver and Minneapolis.
"There's a real trend in these cities to pay attention to environmental sustainability for economic reasons" that include cutting energy costs, says Eric Spiegel, president and CEO of Siemens Corp., which sponsored the survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a research division of The Economist. "They're not waiting for Washington to make up its mind on climate change."
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