Springs Ranks Low on the Green Scale

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 We need to green up our act in Colorado Springs.
    A nationwide study by environmental group Sustain-Lane ranked Colorado Springs 43rd out of the 50 most populous U.S. cities for sustainability in a report issued Monday. Denver ranked 11th. SustainLane looked at 16 areas, including traffic congestion, bus ridership, water and air quality, and local climatechange policy. Colorado Springs received few high marks.
    The city was 47th in mass transit ridership. Recycling, 48th. Energy and climate change policy, 31st. City innovation, 42nd.
    In 2006, the year of the group’s last report, Colorado Springs was 26th nationwide. Only Las Vegas had a bigger drop from 2006.
    “Colorado Springs needs to address a few key sustainability concerns,” states the report. “It can start by working to get its near 80 percent of drive-alone work-commuters out of their — cars and onto public transit, and by increasing the availability of local nutritious food for its residents.”

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R. Scott Rappold, The Gazette