Every other city in the U.S. and Canada should be “green” with envy now that San Francisco has been named the greenest major city in the U.S. and Canada Green City Index (New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston completed the top five U.S. cities. The study, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by Siemens, examines and compares 27 major U.S. and Canadian cities on environmental performance and policies across nine categories: CO2 emissions, energy, land use, buildings, transport, water, waste, air quality and environmental governance.
Cities that performed best in the rankings are the ones with comprehensive sustainability plans that encompass every aspect of creating a greener future, including transportation, land use, energy use, carbon dioxide emissions, and water.
