Fargo tops Portland
Hey, what’s wrong with North Dakota? Except that it’s not Maine, nothing, it seems.
Fargo, N.D., in fact, is the top-ranked U.S. city for environmental quality, according to a new report by the Earth Day Network.
Portland, the only Maine city to be ranked, fared well at number eight overall, after Seattle and ahead of Minneapolis.
The group ranked 72 cities as part of its new Urban Environment Report. The report evaluates such environmental and health indicators as toxics and waste; air and water quality, parks and recreation opportunities, public health and global warming actions.
Portland’s individual scores ranged from three for water quality to 27 for human and public health.
You can see the complete Urban Environment Report with methodology, interactive maps and city-by-city data here.
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