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01-24-05, 12:16 PM
A new study shows how "green" some nations really are:
Countries from Europe and South America dominated the top spots in the 2005 index of environmental sustainability, which ranks countries on their success at tasks like maintaining or improving air and water quality, maximizing biodiversity and cooperating with other countries on environmental problems.
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Finland, Norway and Uruguay held the top three spots in the ranking, prepared by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities.
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The United States ranked 45th of the 146 countries studied, behind such countries as Japan, Botswana and Bhutan, and most of Western Europe.
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After Finland, Norway and Uruguay, the top 10 countries in the overall rankings were, in order, Sweden, Iceland, Canada, Switzerland, Guyana, Argentina and Austria.
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The lowest-ranking country was North Korea. Among the others near the bottom were Haiti, Taiwan, Iraq and Kuwait.
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The report is based on 75 measures including the rate at which children die from respiratory diseases, fertility rates, water quality, overfishing, emission of heat-trapping gases and the export of sodium dioxide, a crucial component of acid rain.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/environment.html
I am glad that where I was born and where I live are on the top ten, Uruguay #3 and Canada #6. The United States is all the way back at #45, which only goes to show how truly committed GWB is to making America's enviroment safer for all Americans and Canadians to breathe...
Countries from Europe and South America dominated the top spots in the 2005 index of environmental sustainability, which ranks countries on their success at tasks like maintaining or improving air and water quality, maximizing biodiversity and cooperating with other countries on environmental problems.
.
Finland, Norway and Uruguay held the top three spots in the ranking, prepared by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities.
.
The United States ranked 45th of the 146 countries studied, behind such countries as Japan, Botswana and Bhutan, and most of Western Europe.
.
After Finland, Norway and Uruguay, the top 10 countries in the overall rankings were, in order, Sweden, Iceland, Canada, Switzerland, Guyana, Argentina and Austria.
.
The lowest-ranking country was North Korea. Among the others near the bottom were Haiti, Taiwan, Iraq and Kuwait.
.
The report is based on 75 measures including the rate at which children die from respiratory diseases, fertility rates, water quality, overfishing, emission of heat-trapping gases and the export of sodium dioxide, a crucial component of acid rain.
.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/environment.html
I am glad that where I was born and where I live are on the top ten, Uruguay #3 and Canada #6. The United States is all the way back at #45, which only goes to show how truly committed GWB is to making America's enviroment safer for all Americans and Canadians to breathe...