United States Ranks 28th on Environment, a New Study Says

United States Ranks 28th on Environment, a New Study Says

By FELICITY BARRINGER
Published: January 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - A pilot nation-by-nation study of environmental performance shows that just six nations - led by New Zealand, followed by five from Northern Europe - have achieved 85 percent or better success in meeting a set of critical environmental goals ranging from clean drinking water and low ozone levels to sustainable fisheries and low greenhouse gas emissions.

The study, jointly produced by Yale and Columbia Universities, ranked the United States 28th over all, behind most of Western Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Costa Rica and Chile, but ahead of Russia and South Korea.

The bottom half of the rankings is largely filled with the countries of Africa and Central and South Asia. Pakistan and India both rank among the 20 lowest-scoring countries, with overall success rates of 41.1 percent and 47.7 percent, respectively.

The pilot study, called the 2006 Environmental Performance Index, has been reviewed by specialists both in the United States and internationally.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/23/politics/23environment.html

That'll change after the full effects of the Bush years are realized.

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we'd be #1 on the list.

Which is better than #43 in Child mortatlity - which we are.

Which is better than #48 in Health Care - which we are.

But we are certainly #1 in producing and using weapons to kill people with.

As the world's TOP POLLUTER that is...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/050727/15/p/v9d5.html