SAN JOS\u00c9, Calif. \u2013 The City of San Jos\u00e9 has been named the #1 Greenest City in the United States for 2025, according to WalletHub\u2019s annual independent study. The top ranking highlights the city\u2019s strong environmental leadership, innovative clean energy programs, and commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Other California cities also earned top spots in the national rankings, including Oakland (#3), Irvine (#4), San Francisco (#5), San Diego (#7), Fremont (#11), Sacramento (#14), Chula Vista (#17), Anaheim (#18), Bakersfield (#20), and Los Angeles (#22).<\/p>\n
\u201cThis national recognition celebrates the City\u2019s One Team commitment across all departments to achieving the City\u2019s goals for clean and sustainable air, land, and energy,\u201d said City Manager Jennifer Maguire. \u201cThrough programs like San Jos\u00e9 Clean Energy and Climate Smart San Jos\u00e9, we are building a healthier, more resilient city for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
San Jos\u00e9 received an impressive 95 out of 100 in WalletHub\u2019s Energy Sources category for its leadership in renewable power. The city\u2019s not-for-profit energy provider, San Jos\u00e9 Clean Energy (SJCE), delivers more than 60% renewable electricity to residents and businesses\u2014nearly double that of investor-owned utilities. SJCE customers can also opt for 100% renewable energy through the city\u2019s TotalGreen program.<\/p>\n
\u201cSan Jos\u00e9 has never waited for someone else to solve big challenges \u2014 we lead,\u201d said Mayor Matt Mahan. \u201cFrom carbon neutrality goals to launching a community choice energy program that delivers some of the cleanest power in the country, we do not lead to chase titles but to ensure a cleaner, more sustainable city for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since 2008, San Jos\u00e9 has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2.5 million metric tons annually. Its Climate Smart San Jos\u00e9 plan, adopted in 2018, continues to drive progress in clean energy, electrified transportation, and sustainable development. WalletHub also ranked San Jos\u00e9 high in the Transportation category, crediting the city\u2019s record-setting adoption of electric vehicles\u201440% of new car registrations in 2024 were electric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOS\u00c9, Calif. \u2013 The City of San Jos\u00e9 has been named the #1 Greenest City in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[26,9933,23,25,88,90,19006,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-24594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-golden-gate-media","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-newsbreak","12":"tag-san-jose","13":"tag-san-jose-headlines","14":"tag-san-jose-named-americas-greenest-city-for-2025-california-dominates-wallethubs-national-rankings","15":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}