U.S. Drops 22 Spots in Environmental Performance Index

Submitted by Elf Guest on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 22:20

Last year, the U.S. ranked 39th on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). This year, 61st. Happy Earth Day. The index, LiveScience reports, "ranks 163 countries based on 10 indicators of environmental protection, such as levels of air pollution, marine protection laws, water quality, and their rate of planting new trees."