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Greenest in the land: San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by GMS Editor in Berkeley
Posted By: Tracey Taylor
June 30 2009 at 09:32 AM
Three Bay Area cities have made it into a recently released ranking of the top ten greenest cities in the nation.
San Francisco (at number two), Oakland (ranked fourth) and Berkeley (at seven) are all taking key measures to reduce their carbon footprint, according to Mother Nature Network.
San Francisco is lauded for its goal to be America’s solar energy leader, its innovative recycling program, and for being the first US city to ban plastic grocery bags, a concept that supports its effort to divert 75% of landfill waste by 2010.
Oakland is cited as being home to the nation’s cleanest tap water, hydrogen-powered public transit and the country’s oldest wildlife refuge. The port city also plans to have zero waste and be oil-independent by 2020, and already gets 17% of its energy from renewable sources.
While Berkeley is recognized as being a leader in the incubation of clean technology for wind power, solar power, biofuels and hydropower.
