SustainLane.com has released its 2008 City Rankings of the most sustainable cities in the United States—whaddyaknow: Portland is the greenest city in the nation! What's really interesting is the breakdown of categories and where we rank in each. Let's just say that we didn't receive an A+ in every category of our sustainability report card.
Portland is a Sustainability Leader in:
- Air Quality (we're #1)
- Energy and Climate Change (we're #2)
- Green Building (we're #1)
- Green Economy (we're #1)
- City Innovation (we're #1)
- Knowledge Base (we're #1)
- Planning/Land Use (we're #3)
- Waste Management (we're #7)
- Tap Water Quality (we're #2)
Portland is Sustainably advanced in:
- City Commuting (we're #11)
- Metro Congestion (we're #16)
- Metro Ridership (we're #19)
Portland has Mixed Results in:
- Natural Disaster Risk (we're #30)
- Water Supply (we're #28)
Portland is Sustainably Challenged in:
- Local food/agriculture (we're #37)
- Housing affordability (we're #31)
Read more about Sustainlane.com's 2008 City Rankings:
