Las Vegas Vital Stats » sustainability http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals Keep track of the latest figures, stats, and rankings in Las Vegas. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Las Vegas Drops in Sustainability Ranking http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/09/22/las-vegas-drops-in-sustainability-ranking/ http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/09/22/las-vegas-drops-in-sustainability-ranking/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:11:48 +0000 Las Vegas Now Staff http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/vitals/2008/09/22/las-vegas-drops-in-sustainability-ranking/ Las Vegas fell 20 places to #47 in a sustainability index published by the website SustainLane.com. The ranking measures a number of categories such as street congestion, air and water quality, and green building (LEED certification). According to the index, Las Vegas ranks high in energy and climate change policy, green building and low natural disaster risk. Our issues with our tight water supply, metro street congestion, and air quality overwhelmed the positives and pushed us towards the bottom of the list.

The top five cities included Portland, San Francisco,  Seattle, Chicago, and New York City. Among other desert cities, we ranked ahead only of Mesa, AZ (#50), with Albuquerque leading the list at #18.

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