| The Greening of American Cities
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| | livability of a city. In the 1970s, city
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| Today, merely collecting the garbage,
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| | politicians turned against conventional
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| running a bottle recycling program and
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| | wisdom and instituted changes and
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| creating the occasional park doesn't cut
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| | programs that transformed the city from
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| it in our increasingly eco-concerned
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| | an example of poor planning and urban
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| world. The buzzword now is "green" and
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| | blight into a paradigm of environmental
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| each city in order to compete for
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| | sustainability and eco friendliness.
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| workers, investment and tourists had
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| | Green spaces, restriction of suburban
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| better have a full compliment of
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| | development, use of sustainable energy
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| eco-programs and environmental plans.
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| | sources and encouragement of
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| Pollution and dirty air are longer
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| | environmentally friendly businesses are
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| acceptable byproducts of living in a
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| | all examples of Portland's green
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| city. Those cities that can provide their
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| | leadership.
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| citizens with clean air, clean water and
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| | Smaller centres such as Burlington,
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| a healthy environment are proving to more
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| | Vermont and Madison, Wisconsin have used
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| competitive and desirable places in which
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| | community-based programs to tackle issues
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| to visit and live.
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| | such as pollution, clean ups and
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| While the US federal government has
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| | recycling programs with significant
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| refused to sign onto the international
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| | success. People at the grassroots level
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| Kyoto Protocol and has steadfastly
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| | do want better environments and in some
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| refused to recognize the issue of global
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| | cases have put their money where there
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| warming, a growing chorus of economists,
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| | mouths are. Boulder, Colorado for example
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| environmentalists and scientists are
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| | voted on raising local taxes in order to
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| beginning to sound ever-increasingly dire
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| | secure more green space and preserve wild
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| alarm bells. In response, many cities
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| | areas within city boundaries.
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| have taken the initiative to address
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| | Larger cities have made significant
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| environmental concerns in their
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| | inroads in recent years. Under the
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| jurisdictions without federal support.
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| | guidance of Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago
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| Innovative urban planning, green
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| | has been one of the most audacious in
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| building, park construction, public
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| | attempts to make the city more
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| transportation initiatives and recycling
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| | environmentally friendly. Planting more
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| programs are now making many American
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| | than 400,000 trees, encouraging solar
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| cities much healthier and better places
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| | powered buildings and subsidizing energy
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| to live.
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| | saving renovations for historic buildings
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| Smaller cities have distinct advantages
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| | have moved the windy city to the
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| over their larger counterparts. While
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| | forefront of the urban environmental
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| they have less revenue with which to
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| | movement.
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| implement specific initiatives they also
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| | A number of US communities are doing a
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| have fewer infrastructure costs and often
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| | great job at putting their residents
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| fewer urban issues like crime and
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| | first and are inventing novel ways of
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| poverty.
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| | ensuring clean air and clean water,
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| Many reviews of "Green-ness" are released
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| | finding renewable energy, running
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| each year and the usual suspects of
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| | environmentally-friendly public
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| Portland, Oregon; Bellingham, Washington;
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| | transportation systems, creating parks
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| Oakland, California and Austin, Texas are
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| | and greenbelts, and enabling
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| regularly listed among the most
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| | opportunities for community involvement.
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| environmentally progressive cities in the
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| | The shift from global to local responses
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| United States.
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| | to global issues has taken root in
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| Portland is usually held up as an example
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| | American cities and bodes well for all
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| of how committed and sustained political
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| | our futures.
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| will can change the environment and
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