Only thirty cities in the world have won the UNU sustainability award. Grand Rapids is now one of them, and the only one in the US to be so honored.
According to excerpts from the story:
Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven E. Chester today congratulated the city of Grand Rapids for their Community Sustainability Partnership efforts that recently earned them a sustainability award from the United Nations University.
Grand Rapids has established goals to raise the use of renewable energy sources in the city, develop programs to harness landfill gas, and capture wind power to produce energy for
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