Sacramento earns high marks as 'green' leader
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The winners are Chicago, especially with its 2.5 million square feet of heat-reducing rooftop gardens and the planting of 500,000 trees; Stockholm, Sweden, which has 2,500 green-sector companies and is considered the least-polluted major city in Europe; Portland, Ore., with 125 U.S. Green Building Council-approved buildings, the most in the nation; and Vancouver, Canada, which wants higher-density living in the urban core to ease pollution and encourage walking while preserving the nearby forest.
The cities were chosen for their forward-looking green energy products -- including patents and growth in the high-tech sector -- communities that invest in green energy-related infrastructure, and fresh-thinking ideas that also lure talented workers.
"Fast Cities are considered to be worldwide centers of creativity where the most important ideas and organizations of the future are located," Fast Company editor and managing director Bob Safian said in a news release. "Our editors scoured the globe in search of places that best embody economic innovation and opportunity. These cities attract the best and the brightest, and are great places to work and live."
The edition of the magazine featuring these green-friendly cities will be available at newsstands until Aug. 24.
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