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100 largest US cities ranked for Greenest City - Baton Rouge ranks #94
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:02 am
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:02 am
New Orleans ranked #51
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246
Greenhouse-Gas Emissions per Capita
Highest
90. Tulsa, OK
91. Houston, TX
T-92. Denver, CO
T-92. Baton Rouge, LA
T-92. Corpus Christi, TX
% of Green Space
Lowest
94. Laredo, TX
95. Mesa, AZ
96. Fresno, CA
97. Baton Rouge, LA
98. Hialeah, FL
Highest
T-1. Anchorage, AK
T-1. Fremont, CA
T-1. Scottsdale, AZ
4. Chesapeake, VA
5. New Orleans, LA
quote:
To identify the greenest areas of the country, WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities across 28 key “green” indicators. Our data set ranges from greenhouse-gas emissions per capita to the water quality to green job opportunities.
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246
quote:
In order to determine the greenest cities in America, WalletHub compared the 100 most populated cities across four key dimensions: 1) Environment, 2) Transportation, 3) Energy Sources and 4) Lifestyle & Policy
Greenhouse-Gas Emissions per Capita
Highest
90. Tulsa, OK
91. Houston, TX
T-92. Denver, CO
T-92. Baton Rouge, LA
T-92. Corpus Christi, TX
% of Green Space
Lowest
94. Laredo, TX
95. Mesa, AZ
96. Fresno, CA
97. Baton Rouge, LA
98. Hialeah, FL
Highest
T-1. Anchorage, AK
T-1. Fremont, CA
T-1. Scottsdale, AZ
4. Chesapeake, VA
5. New Orleans, LA
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:12 am to Shexter
Todd Graves should be buying carbon credits instead of LSU NIL
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:19 am to Shexter
How many other large cities sit on a large river lined with chemical plants and refineries?
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:22 am to PapaPogey
that greenest city should be relabeled Bluest city. Its all democrates, but there is no bias.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:29 am to Shexter
You can tell some dork that was just using "amount of refineries" as their defining metric wrote that article. Midland/Odessa is the highest output of GHGs anywhere, I can confirm as I worked for a company that has had multiple scathing articles and record fines levied against them 
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:49 am to Shexter
quote:
5. New Orleans, LA
It's a geographically small city with a big arse central park, so that tracks.
However, it always humors me that "green space" metrics only include public green spaces while utterly ignoring whether the average person has "private green space", i.e. a yard.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:53 am to Shexter
Oakland at #1 is wild to me
Posted on 10/1/26 at 11:53 am to Shexter
Greenest City
LIST IS GARBAGE
quote:
1 Oakland, CA 70.83 9 17 8 8
LIST IS GARBAGE
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:01 pm to Shexter
quote:
100 largest US cities ranked for Greenest City - Baton Rouge ranks #94
They obviously haven't walked around Tigerland or any public area in BR lately. The smell of green is everywhere.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:01 pm to PapaPogey
quote:
How many other large cities sit on a large river lined with chemical plants and refineries?
Houston comes to mind
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:15 pm to Joshjrn
quote:
BREC (Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge) is the largest single landowner in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
The agency manages over 6,600 acres of land, which spans more than 180 parks and 150 facilities dedicated to the residents of the parish.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:26 pm to Shexter
Funny how most of the cities are the opposite of the color green - concrete jungles with masses of people piled on top of a what used to be an ecosystem that could never support them in the first place. Meanwhile the South, which is literally blanketed with trees, plants, grass, lakes, wildlife, etc, doesn't register a blip.
What a f--king scam the "environmental" movement is. It's just a political circle jerk of fraud and thievery.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:35 pm to AUFANATL
I’m on the 18th floor downtown. Looking out my window all I see is F’ing green.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:39 pm to Shexter
Seems like if you want to be green you got to live somewhere where the homeless live outside your business.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 12:50 pm to Shexter
This list is purely idiotic. The "Energy Source" rating points are almost exclusively given by use of renewables, which aren't very green.
They have Raleigh ranked at 80th for clean energy. Most of the city power consumption is from nuclear. Ridiculous.
They have Raleigh ranked at 80th for clean energy. Most of the city power consumption is from nuclear. Ridiculous.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 1:45 pm to Joshjrn
quote:
It's a geographically small city with a big arse central park, so that tracks.
However, it always humors me that "green space" metrics only include public green spaces while utterly ignoring whether the average person has "private green space", i.e. a yard.
I agree on the small yards.
This metric in the study probably includes the Bayou Sauvage NWR and the marshes along Lakes Borgne, Catherine and Pontchartrain. That undevelopable part of NOLA is near 30,000 acres. You need a boat to enjoy it, but it is greenspace.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 3:04 pm to Shexter
quote:List is useless until they do all the colors.
ranked for Greenest City
Posted on 10/1/26 at 3:06 pm to Shexter
Oakland is #1?
Oak town is a lot of things but green doesn’t come to mind. Especially now that the As moved to Vegas.
Oak town is a lot of things but green doesn’t come to mind. Especially now that the As moved to Vegas.
Posted on 10/1/26 at 3:09 pm to Shexter
I went to ABQ last year and I dont' recall seeing one patch of any green. 20th greenest city in America? Something aint right
Posted on 10/1/26 at 3:25 pm to Shexter
YES! BR moved up!
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