Ranking of countries according to the Environmental Performance Index

"We're number 39!"

The 2008 Environmental Peformance Index (EPI) ranks 149 countries on 25 indicators tracked across six established policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Water Resources, Biodiversity and Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Climate Change.

Sources: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, with collaboration from World Economic Forum and Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Commission

1 Switzerland 95.5 2 Sweden 93.1 3 Norway 93.1 4 Finland 91.4 5 Costa Rica 90.5 6 Austria 89.4 7 New Zealand 88.9 8 Latvia 88.8 9 Colombia 88.3 10 France 87.8 11 Iceland 87.6 12 Canada 86.6 13 Germany 86.3

14 United Kingdom 86.3 15 Slovenia 86.3 16 Lithuania 86.2 17 Slovakia 86.0 18 Portugal 85.8 19 Estonia 85.2 20 Croatia 84.6 21 Japan 84.5 22 Ecuador 84.4 23 Hungary 84.2 24 Italy 84.2 25 Denmark 84.0 26 Malaysia 84.0

27 Albania 84.0 28 Russia 83.9 29 Chile 83.4 30 Spain 83.1 31 Luxembourg 83.1 32 Panama 83.1 33 Dominican Republic 83.0 34 Ireland 82.7 35 Brazil 82.7 36 Uruguay 82.3 37 Georgia 82.2 38 Argentina 81.8 39 United States 81.0

(Thanks to Minnesota Central for the heads up.)