Ok, so we’re no Portland or San Francisco, but we’re also not Columbus or Oklahoma City.

According to rankings released yesterday by SustainLane.com, the District is the twelfth most sustainable of the nation’s 50 largest cities, coming in just behind Baltimore (11) and fellow -ist cities Boston (8), New York (7), Chicago (5), Philadelphia (4), Seattle (3), and San Francisco (2).

According to the write-up on the city, the District fared well on public transit and local production of food, ranking fourth in both categories, while falling short on water quality, air quality, and affordability, coming in at 45, 32, and 37, respectively.

How can we improve? The new Department of Environment is a good step, claim the judges. They write:

This nascent outfit may very well shape the development of a city traditionally intent on characterizing American power, governance, and responsibility. Its opportunity is momentous: to reach out to community innovators, recognize the value of unfamiliar technologies, and render more of Washington, D.C.—the neighborhoods, highways, and sewers, not just the monuments and historic buildings—a living symbol of national achievement.

Congrats to us. But being beaten by Baltimore? For shame.