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 | Green Movement: Oakland Named #4 Most Sustainable Large City by the Smarter Cities Project |
 Smarter Cities, a project of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), ranked sustainable cities across the county. Under the “Large Cities” category, Oakland was ranked fourth, with Seattle, San Francisco, and Portland, OR, taking the first three slots. The ranking was based on various “green” criteria, including Green Building, Air Quality, Recycling, Green Space, Energy Production and Conservation, and Water Quality. The Smarter Cities’ report noted that Oakland is part of the Green Industry Cluster group and the East Bay Green Technology Corridor. Oakland has partnered with neighboring cities, companies, and institutions (UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, etc.) to bring green industry to the region. To train workers, the Green Academy Workforce Initiative was created, and the Oakland Green Jobs Corps is addressing poverty issues by identifying entry-level green jobs. The help with its high levels of unemployment and poverty, Oakland is working hard to improve its environment and opportunities by joining the “green economy.”
Smarter Cities: City Profile
Oakland also concerns itself with healthy development, while maintaining affordable housing. The city also received the City Solar Award from NorCal Solar in 2007 for having the most solar power watts among the large cities in Northern California; 17 percent of Oakland’s electricity is from renewable energy sources. The city even has an Oil Independent Oakland Task Force that strives to reduce its oil consumption by 40–50 percent by 2020. The city government is also studying how it can source 30 percent of its food locally. Oakland’s Zero Waste plan will also reduce the amount of the city’s waste by 90 percent by 2020. Within the top 10 ranked cities, Oakland performed well in the individual criteria categories: Oakland was 2nd in Recycling; 4th in Air Quality; 5th in Green Space; 6th in Green Building; 6th in Energy Production and Conservation; and 7th in Water Quality.
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