2008Jan23: Researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities rank 149 countries on environmental performance. Top four countries on the list: Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The US is ranked 39th among the 149 countries on the list. Daniel Esty, the director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, is the lead author of the report (NY Times, 2008).
Reference: New York Times. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/washington/23enviro.html
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