Cleanest City in Michigan honors go to Ann Arbor

Squeaky clean... and pretty green. Ann Arbor picked up recognition from the Clean Cities Coalition as Michigan's 2008 Clean City of the Year. Keep up the good work. Or should it be clean work? Or green work? Either way, stay the clean course, Ann Arbor.

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Ann Arbor was cited for its Green Fleets Program, created in 2004, which organizers said has set a national example for municipal clean fleets programs.

The city's fleet has been reduced in size and increased use of biofuels, compressed natural gas and electric vehicles. That has reduced fuel consumption by more than 14 percent since 2003 and has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 290 tons annually.

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