Only 20 of 100 U.S. cities surveyed in the 2020 City Clean Energy Scorecard have community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals and are on track to meet them, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, which released the scorecard Oct. 6. New York City took first place in the ranking of major U.S. cities taking GHG reduction actions, spurred in part by a new law ensuring upgrades of many inefficient buildings, says ACEES. The city with the lowest score is Augusta, Ga.
The scorecard analyzes the efforts of those cities—home to 19% of the nation’s population—to improve energy efficiency in buildings and transportation systems and to expand the use of renewable energy.