A New Report Ranks the “greenest Countries.” The US Ranking Is Embarrassing.
IT WON’T SURPRISE MANY AMERICANS TO HEAR that we’re not number one when it comes to our environmental record. But it might not be particularly pleasant to hear that not only did we rank behind the Scandinavian countries, but behind some of the Balkans, Baltics, and even one Asian country. We’re in an embarrassing 26th place. Perhaps even more surprising is that Canada, a perpetual high-ranker on these lists, didn’t do particularly well either: Canada is in 25th, just edging out the US.