Menino: "Beantown truly is Greentown"

[fascisthunter]

Source: Boston Globe

Boston has been ranked the third greenest city in the United States because of its recycling program, public transportation, and a plan to generate electricity from yard clippings, according to a study that will appear in the March issue of Popular Science.

The study, which has been published on the magazine’s website, analyzed census data and government statistics in 30 categories for cities with more than 100,000 people. Out of 30 possible points, Boston scored 22.7, ranking just behind Portland, Ore., (23.1) and San Francisco (23.0).

Mayor Thomas M. Menino trumpeted Boston's third-place finish as evidence his administration has made the city an environment leader.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/02/menino_beantown.html

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Portland is #1!

I'm so proud. :)

[democracyindanger]

2. From the state that brought you

the first bottle recycling legislation.

Having moved to Atlanta, it's really been a shock. In Portland and San Francisco recycling was really easy. Here, the recycler doesn't take cardboard (wtf?) and I've been calling around to try and find someplace to drop some electronic parts to recycle. STILL looking.

[KamaAina]

3. The mayor of Boston said "Beantown"?

That would be like Gavin Newsom in SF saying "Frisco", or Ray Nagin in NOLA saying "the Big Easy"! All are names used nearly exclusively by outsiders.

Great to see the Hub (a more common usage locally) so green. Gives a whole new meaning to the 'Green Line"!