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Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

Which cities are the greenest of them all?  If a new national survey is any indication,
there from the Pacific Coast and specifically California’s Bay Area.
 
San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley made the top 10 of a national survey by Popular
Science magazine rating the nation’s 50 most environmentally friendly cities. California
dominated the survey, with 13 cities on the list, enough to turn other states green with
envy.

The survey combined data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Geographic
Society’s Green Guide, which collected survey data and government statistics for American
cities with more than 100,000 people in categories including air quality, electricity use and
transportation habits.

Portland, Ore., grabbed the top spot, while San Francisco ranked No. 2.

“I’m not surprised,” said Sean Randolph, chief executive of the San Francisco-based Bay
Area Council Economic Institute to the Kansas City Star. “California has always been more
environmentally attuned than other states. The Bay Area attracted about a billion dollars last
year for research in alternative energy technology.” Randolph illustrated a $500 million grant
from BP Oil for developing biofuels given to the University of California-Berkeley, as well as
a $125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy also given to the university.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.

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