Top 10 Climate-Ready Cities in the U.S. Triple Pundit.com June 14th, 2011 Credit: Digon3/WikiMedia By Boyd Cohen, Ph.D., CO2 IMPACT Cities are now home to a majority of the world’s population and are on the front line in the battle against climate change. While action at the federal level in the U.S. has been painfully slow, cities in the U.S. are starting to lead by example at a local level. I felt that it was time to do some analysis on U.S. The Top 10 Metropolitan Climate-Ready Cities in the U.S. are: 10.) My recent rankings of low-carbon politicians was in part a tribute to the recently retired former mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley. 9.) (San Jose’s Green Vision Progress) 7.) 7.) 6.) 5.) 4.) 3.) 2.) 1.) Here are the breakdowns of the ratings on each category for the top 10 cities.
In a previous post I highlighted some of the politically elected leaders, conservative and liberal, who have been taking bold measures to transition their countries and communities towards a low-carbon future. [Source: Triple Pundit] (+4 rating) PlugShare: charging electric cars takes a village - SmartPlanet. NRG Installs Privately Funded Electric Car Charging Network in Oily Houston. The U.S. electric car industry is getting a jolt: NRG Energy, Inc. is bringing the nation’s first privately funded electric vehicle charging network to Houston. The New Jersey-based company announced this morning the launch of eVgo, its electric car charging infrastructure and at-home chargers. Though other companies have plans for charging networks in D.C., Phoenix, and other cities, NRG’s is the first that’s entirely privately funded, according to the company. The charging network is an effort to break what NRG CEO David Crane calls the "chicken and egg cycle around electric vehicles.
" To let drivers stop worrying which will come first, the electric car or the electric car infrastructure, NRG is taking the first step and investing $10 million into Houston's public system. The city will have 50 fast-charging stations by summer 2011; the first ones will pop up in February. "We think electric vehicles are the next great disruptive technology," Crane told Fast Company.