Showing posts with label clean cities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clean cities. Show all posts

Sunday, May 03, 2009

America's cleanest and dirtiest cities

American Lung Association's list of cleanest cities when measured by all three criteria -- ozone, short-term particulates and long-term particulates. The Cleanest Cities in the U.S.
1. Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN
2. Billings, MT
3. Bismarck, ND
4. Cheyenne, WY
5. Colorado Springs, CO
6. Farmington, NM
7. Ft. Collins, CO
8. Honolulu, HI
9. Lincoln, NE
10. Midland-Odessa, TX
11. Port St. Lucie, FL
12. Pueblo, CO
13. Redding, CA
14. Salinas, CA
15. San Luis Obispo, CA
16. Santa Fe-Espanola, NM
17. Sioux Falls, ND
18. Tucson, AZ

25 Cities With The Worst Air Pollution: Ozone (Smog)
1. Los Angeles/Long Beach/Rierside, Calif.
2. Bakersfield, Calif.
3. Visalia-Porterville, Calif.
4. Fresno/Madera, Calif.
5. Houston/Baytown/Huntsville, Texas
6. Sacramento, Calif./Arden-Arcade/Yuba City, Nevada
7. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.
8. Charlotte/Gastonia/Salisbury, N.C.
9. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz.
10. El Centro, Calif.
11. Hanford/Corcoran, Calif.
12. Las Vegas/Paradise/Pahrump, Nevada
13. Sand Diego/Carslbad/San Marcos, Calif.
14. Washington, D.C./Baltimore, Md./No. Virginia
15. Cincinnati, Ohio/Middletown, Ky./Wilmington, In.
16. Philadelphia, Pa./ Camden, N.J./ Vineland, De.
17. St. Louis, Mo. / St. Charles / Farmington, Il.
18. New York, N.Y. / Newark, N.J. / Bridgeport, Conn.
19. Knoxville/Sevierville/ La Follette, Tenn.
20. Birmingham/Hoover/Cullman, Ala.
21. Baton Rouge/ Pierre Part, La.
22. Kansas City, Mo./ Overland Park, Ks.
23. Atlanta, Ga. / Sandy Springs / Gainesville, Ala.
24. Merced, Calif.
25. Memphis, Tenn.