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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>FYI – Follow the link below to check out how <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oklahoma City</st1:place></st1:City> scored on
this very interesting study on “Environmental” quality by Earth Day
Network.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Jan Rose<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=h1presrelease align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Earth Day
Network Releases<br>
2007 Urban Environment Report<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=h2pressrelease align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ranks 72 <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Cities, Also Spotlighting Populations at Risk<br>
<a href="http://www.earthday.net/UER/report">http://www.earthday.net/UER/report</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=1 color="#343631" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State> - Earth Day
Network has released a new comprehensive environmental report card that
ranks 72 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
cities according to more than 200 environmental, health and quality of
life indicators. The Urban Environment Report also introduces for the
first time a "Vulnerable Population Index" (VPI) which factors
in each city's susceptibility to an expanded list of environmental
challenges based on the percentage of its population that is most at
risk.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=1 color="#343631" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>The
72 cities in the Urban Environment Report (UER) are the 50 largest cities
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
plus the largest cities in each state. <st1:City w:st="on">Detroit</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Miami</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">El Paso</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City> rank lowest overall, based on
the environmental indicators. Conversely, Fargo (ND), <st1:City w:st="on">Burlington</st1:City>,
Portland (OR), <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:place></st1:City>
and Sioux Falls (SD) rank highest overall.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color="#343631" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>"This
study is the first of its kind, not only because of the sheer quantity of
environmental data analyzed, but also because it redefines the term
'environment' to include public health, poverty, education and other
quality of life issues," said Earth Day Network President Kathleen
Rogers. "Expanding the definition of environment is critical to the
success of our mission to broaden participation in the environmental
movement."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color="#343631" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>The
complete Urban Environment Report with methodology, interactive maps and
city-by-city data can be viewed at <a
href="http://www.earthday.net/UER/report">http://www.earthday.net/UER/report</a>
. The new report evaluates these environmental and health indicators:
Toxics and Waste; Air Quality; Drinking and Surface Water; Quality of
Life; Parks and Recreation Opportunities; Human and Public Health; and
Global Warming and Climate Change.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color="#343631" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Earth
Day Network's Vulnerable Population Index (VPI) makes its debut this year
as a measurement of urban environmental quality. The VPI includes
statistics on those living below the poverty level, living without health
insurance, having deficient or unequal education, unemployment, and
disability status among others, using a broad range of publicly available
data.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=1 color="#343631" face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>For
more information, contact Laurie Howell at Earth Day Network, 202
518-0044, <a href="mailto:Howell@earthday.net">Howell@earthday.net</a>
and Read Scott Martin at WIT <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>, LLC, (202)
315-1118, <a href="http://www.witstrategy.com" target="_blank">http://www.witstrategy.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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