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No. 1, “Environmental Friendliness” – Travel + Leisure (September 2009)
No. 1, “Best Places to Meet Green” – MeetGreen Meeting Consultants (September 2009)
No. 1, "5 of the Greenest Cities in the World to Visit"–TreeHugger.com (June 2009)
No. 3, "Least Wasteful Cities in America"–Nalgene Outdoor (June 2009)
No. 6, “Fittest Cities in America” – Men’s Fitness (February 2009)
No. 1, “Most eco-friendly big cities in America” – SustainLane.com (September 2008)
No. 2, "World's Greenest City" – Country Home magazine (March 2008)
No. 1, "Greenest City in America" – Popular Science (February 2008)
No. 2, "World's Greenest City" – Grist (July 2007)
No. 2, "America's Greenest City" – MSN.com (2007)
Inaugural recipient, Solar America Cities Award – U.S. Department of Energy (2007)
One of the cleanest U.S. cities for ozone air pollution – American Lung Association (2007)
No. 1, "Environmental Awareness" – CNN/Travel + Leisure (2007)
No. 2, "10 Greenest Cities in America" – MSN.com City Guides (2007)
Cleanest environment of any U.S. city of comparable size, and No. 3 overall in America – Earth Day Network (2007)
Top 10 Greenest Cities – Yahoo! Real Estate (2007)
No. 1 in nation for biking to work – U.S. Census Bureau (2007)
No. 1 most sustainable big city in America – SustainLane.com (2006)
"Best Walking Town in America" – Prevention magazine (April 2006)
"America's Cleanest City" – Reader's Digest (2006)
"North America's No. 1 Cycling City" – Bicycling magazine (2006 and 2001)
"20 Greenest Cities & Towns" – Vegetarian Times (July/August 2005)
America's "Best running town" and "Best urban running trail: the Leif Erickson Trail" – Runner's World (May 2003)
"The City of Portland has a nationally recognized reputation for green building innovation and outreach." – U.S. Green Building Council (2003)
"Top Recycler Among the Nation's 30 Largest Cities" – Waste News (2001)
Portland's Forest Park ranked "Best urban park" in the nation – Outside magazine (October 2001)