1.Iowa- First municipal wind turbine.
2.Seattle- Reduced its own pollution by 60% by constructing green buildings and operating alternative fuel vehicles.
3.Klamath Falls- Geothermal heating system keeps the sidewalks clear and dry.
4.Houston, Texas- Plans to convert a substantial portion of the city of the Houston’s fleet cars, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles to hybrids by the year 2010.
5.Salt Lake City- Save #32,000 a year on its energy cost by installing 861 light emitting diode (LED) traffic signals.
6.Washington D.C.- Replace 414 of its polluting diesel buses with cleaner burning, compressed natural gas buses.
7.Twin Falls, Idaho- School increased their efficiency of energy which caused to reduce the cost by $3.2million.
8.Columbia, Missouri- Working to produce 10% of their electricity with clean energy like wind and solar power by 2015.
9.St. Paul- Has built a biomass fired power plant for heating buildings.
10.Scottsdale, Arizona- Has been a leader in the Southwest on energy efficiency buildings. It introduced Arizona’s first green building program in 1998.
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