Your Aloha Connection » honolulu http://www.youralohaconnection.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:37:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Honolulu the Greenest City in the Nation http://www.youralohaconnection.com/honolulu-greenest-city/ http://www.youralohaconnection.com/honolulu-greenest-city/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 06:12:15 +0000 Ron http://www.youralohaconnection.com/?p=39 The Brookings Institution announced that Honolulu is the greenest city in the nation on thursday.

According to their report Honolulu Hawaii generates the least amount of carbon dioxide pollution among the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas.

Honolulu at Sunset 7581 The report says that Honolulu, Hawaii produced only about 1.36 metric tons of carbon emissions per person in 2005. Lexington, Kentucky the highest emitter on the list produced about 3.5 metric tons.

Emissions measured in the report were from transportation and buildings. Te report did not include commercial buildings, gasoline burned while vehicles are stuck in traffic, industry emissions or aircraft.

Emissions on the West Coast of the USA tend to be lower because the weather is more favorable and electricity and gas prices are higher.

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