The green leader of the Midwest is Chicago, Illinois. They have a lot of resources that allows their residents to recycle, which is a huge aspect of being green. They purchase renewable energy and are big on building green. A huge percentage of the residents in this city use public transportation to get around the city, which is very effective in lowering the amount of hazardous emissions released into the atmosphere. Another city whose residents use a lot of public transportation is New York, New York. New York has an extremely large population and they make the best of it by using public transportation and their residents on average use less power than other Americans.