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How Does Your Horse Finish?

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by Summer Rayne Oakes · 06/01/06

SustainLane.com, a quickly growing repository and multi-media website on sustainability recently released City Sustainabilty Rankings. The well-designed, easily navigable, picturesque city rankings are a great educational tool to see where your city finishes(if it is listed of course!). See who the cinderella sustainable cities are and where some so-called “sustainable” cities are lacking. The interactive website assesses:

• Natural Disaster Risk
• Air Quality
• City Innovation
• Economy
• Affordability
• Solid Waste
• Green Building
• Tap Water
• Transportation
• Local Food/Ag
• Planning/Land Use
• Energy/Climate Change
• Knowledge Base

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TOP 10 Best Cities Prepared for an Oil Crisis

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by Summer Rayne Oakes · 03/24/06

SustainLane, a leading web resource on environmental information, ranks the TOP 10 CITIES BEST PREPARED FOR AN OIL CRISIS. See the article here and see how they rank the cities below:

1. New York City
2. Boston
3. San Francisco
4. Chicago
5. Philadelphia
6. Portland
7. Honolulu
8. Seattle
9. Baltimore
10. Oakland

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Ask Chicky: Clear Skies or Dirty Air?

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by Starre Vartan · 03/06/06

Dear Chicky,

My boyfriend and I (we’re both in our early 30′s) have a bet: I say air quality is better than when we were kids, he says it’s worse. Who’s right?

–Itching to Be Right
Dear Itching,

Though it’s always fun to watch one half of a couple do the “I’m right and you’re wrong” dance, I’m sorry to report that nobody’s winning the bet on this one. You’re both right, depending on what kind of standard you’re using to judge air quality, and where you live.
Overall, air quality has improved in most parts of the United States, due to several decades of pollution rules and enforcement under the Clean Air Act. In the Southeastern parts of the country where population growth has exploded, there are higher levels of pollution than before (since housing wasn’t exactly planned around people riding their air-friendly bikes to work), but they’re still within the normal range on most days. Some cities, like Los Angeles, have made dramatic improvements in air quality, something that Angelenos notice when they step outside their doors and enjoy visible views. That’s the good news.

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