Wales may not be at the top of the league table for rugby at the moment but when it comes to the environment, Wales' cities are coming out on top.

In October 2007, WWF research into all cities in the UK showed that on average Welsh city dwellers are greener than their counterparts in England and Scotland.

Newport topped WWF's 'green' league table, which analysed the resource consumption of residents in all 60 cities in the UK using the Ecological Footprint –a tool that measures an individual's environmental impact.

Five cities in Wales were included – Newport, Swansea, Cardiff, St Davids and Bangor. Of these, Newport had the lowest footprint and Bangor the highest. All five were in the top half of the table. In England, Plymouth had the lowest footprint while Winchester had the biggest. Glasgow had the smallest footprint in Scotland, and Edinburgh the largest.

Although this is good news for Welsh cities, overall, the report demonstrated that city dwellers in the UK – including Newport – are all consuming more than their fair share of natural resources. In fact if everyone in the world consumed resources as the average city dweller in the UK does, we would need three planets to support us.