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Environmental Health Assessment of Vulnerability to Heat Waves & Air Quality, SFDPH and US CDC, Sep. 2011

                                                                       

Developing Public Health Capacity and Adaptations to Reduce Human Health Effects of Climate Change

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Mayor Lee Announces San Francisco Slashes Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Exceeds International & State Goals

Office of the Mayor - San Francisco

City’s Clean, Green Economy Creates Jobs & Model for Other Cities & States with Highest Emissions Reduction; Also Leading the Nation Among Major U.S. Cities with 78 Percent Waste Diversion Rate

10/19/11— Mayor Edwin M. Lee today announced that San Francisco greenhouse gas emissions are nearly 12 percent below 1990 levels and have exceeded emission reduction goals set by both the United Nations and the State even as the population has grown.

“I thank former Mayor Gavin Newsom for beginning our City’s innovative and aggressive climate change policies that have boosted our local economy and advanced our City’s environmental goals to reduce green house gas emissions,” said Mayor Lee. “San Francisco is leading the way toward a future of green jobs and a growing green economy built on renewable energy for a cleaner and healthier environment.”

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Why are 26 Cities Green With Envy?

      

by Ivette Torres - ecotuesday.com - January 9, 2012

Well in 2011, San Francisco took the title as the “greenest city in North America”. The study, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit studied the environmental performance and commitments by 27 major metro areas in the U.S. and Canada, and we won!

 This is greatly due to the efforts of this month’s guest speaker, Johanna Partin. Johanna serves as Director of Climate Protection Initiatives in the office of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, where she advises Mayor Lee on citywide sustainable energy, climate, transportation, green building and other programs promoting sustainability for San Francisco.

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US and Canada Green City Index - Assessing the environmental performance of 27 major US and Canadian cities - A research project conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Siemens (71 page .PDF report)

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