Urban Environment Report.
The Earth Day Network released its first Urban Environment Report
in February 2007, ranking the 72 largest cities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. by
more than 200 environmental, health, and quality of life indicators. The
indicators cover eight main subject areas including vulnerable
populations, toxics and waste, air quality, drinking and surface water,
human and public health, and climate change. The five cities ranking the
lowest are Detroit, Miami, Cleveland, El Paso El Paso (ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. , and Houston, while the
five highest-ranking cities are Fargo, Burlington (Vermont), Portland
(Oregon), Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , and Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in 1862 because of Native American raids, but with the establishment (1865) of Fort . The full report is
available at http://www.earthday.net/UER/report/.
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