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Aurora focuses on the well-being of youth with its Office of Youth Development and Youth Commission.
July 2010 Update: Austin has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.One major advantage in climate change protection that Austin, Texas, has over other cities...
February 2011 Update: Boston has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. Boston is also a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Among large cities, Boston stands out as...
Charlotte is known for its smart city planning and development, which plays a major role in its Environment Focus Area Plan, updated twice a year.
February 2011 Update: Chicago has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. Chicago is also a 2010 Smarter City for Energy.Home to the world's first...
Rising beside Lake Eyrie, Cleveland grew as a manufacturing center based on Great Lakes shipping traffic. Having weathered the decline of its manufacturing industry, the city is...
In early 2008, Government Fleet magazine named Colorado Springs the country's top municipal user of biodiesel for its fleet.
July 2010 Update: Columbus has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.Taking advantage of its flat terrain, Columbus aims to be the bicycling capital of the...
July 2010 Update: Dallas has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.Improving air quality is at the forefront of Dallas's environmental policy. Currently, 70...
Coloradans understand the value of water in their semi-arid state and there is nothing casual about their referring to it as "liquid gold." Seasonal snowmelt from the Rocky...
July 2010 Update: El Paso, Texas has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article. In March 2007, El Paso's City Council adopted an Open Space Master Plan with the...
February 2011 Update: Honolulu has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. Being thousands of ocean miles away from any other major city gives Honolulu...
According to the Trust for Public Land, of the ten most populous cities in the U.S., none has more green space than Houston, with 56,405 acres.
Jacksonville has an Environmental Quality Division completely devoted to air and water quality protection.
Kansas City is serious about maintaining its good water quality, and it does so efficiently. The Water Services Department purchases 10 million pounds of carbon dioxide waste...
To keep Nevada's clean air clean, Las Vegas has an urban forestry initiative, continues to develop trails for non-motorized transportation, has an alternative fuels program that...
July 2010 Update: Long Beach has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.Long Beach Transit is the first transit agency in the world to use electric-gasoline...
With close to four million residents, Los Angeles is the major player in Southern California, the world's 14th largest economy. Its municipally owned utility, the Los Angeles...
Louisville's Partnership for a Green City is a collaborative effort between the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, the University of Louisville and the Jefferson...
The City of Mesa's utility customers can donate a dollar or more with their monthly bill payments to a program called "ABC: A Better Community."
Redeveloping brownfields (former industrial or commercial sites with possible environmental issues), rather than building on greenfields (unused rural or suburban land),...
In Minneapolis, all city departments are required to incorporate sustainability guidelines into their business plans through the Environmental Coordinating Team, which was...
February 2011 Update: New York has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. New York is also a 2010 Smarter City for Energy.New York is a city of...
July 2010 Update: Oakland has been designated a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.Long plagued by high levels of unemployment and poverty, Oakland is now working to...
February 2011 Update: Philadelphia has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. The City of Philadelphia's partnership with PhillyCarShare has resulted...
The City of Phoenix has more than 70 sustainability initiatives and has had a citizen-based Environmental Quality Commission since 1987 that has helped to guide the city's...
February 2011 Update: Portland has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. Portland is also a 2010 Smarter City for Energy.Portland's status as one...
In March 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Riverside City and County with $7.1 million for local housing and service programs—a dramatic...
As the capital of California, a state with demanding environmental requirements, Sacramento works to lead by example in the state's push to lower energy emissions, conserve...
San Diego has gained a reputation as one of California's most sprawling cities but it's a reputation the city government is working to shed. By using "smart growth" principles—...
July 2010 Update: San Francisco has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.San Francisco has long been an incubator for progressive movements, and its...
San José's Clean Tech strategy aims to get progressive businesses to move to the city, which Mayor Chuck Reed calls "fertile ground for new technologies." With an established...
July 2010 Update: Seattle has been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Read the article.Although Seattle has a long history of environmental action, global warming has spurred...
The City of St. Paul recently reclaimed and restored a 27-acre post-industrial site along the Mississippi River and transformed it into the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary.
Tampa was the second city in Florida to be designated with the Gold-Level Certified Green Local Government status by the Florida Green Building Coalition.
February 2011 Update: Washington D.C. has been named a 2011 Smarter City for Transportation. Based on the number of walkable urban places per capita, The Brookings...
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