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From Lauraibm

Full story: America's Greenest States (17-Oct-07)

American states were ranked in six equally weighted categories; carbon footprint, air quality, water quality, hazardous waste management, policy initiatives and energy consumption, combined these determined the top 10 green states. Coming out on top were Vermont, Oregon and Washington all of whom have low carbon dioxide emissions per capita, strong policies to promote energy efficiency, high air quality and lots of buildings with U.S. Green Building Council’s benchmark certification.

It came as quite a surprise that California didn’t make it into the top 10, despite the fact that they routinely set the bar for environmental policy.