Portland: America’s Greenest City?

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  09.25.08 | 11:38 AM ET

imageOregon’s moody, wet and funky riverfront city started planning its growth more than three decades ago, creating strict land-use policies and taking other tough measures to preserve the city’s natural beauty. So it’s no surprise that it’s now considered the most sustainable city in the United States, according to a study by the grassroots organization SustainLane. It seems the American West has got the green sheen: San Francisco ranked second, while Seattle was third.

Photo by stuseeger via Flickr (Creative Commons).

Tags: Eco Travel, North America, United States, News and Briefs

Joanna Kakissis's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, among other publications. A contributor to the World Hum blog, she's currently a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder.


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