Looking for a Sustainable Role Model for the US? Think Latvia

onJan 23, 2008 @ 08:30 PST

A new international ranking of environmental performance puts the United States at the bottom of the Group of 8 industrialized nations and 39th among the 149 countries on the list.

European nations dominate the top places in the ranking, which evaluates sanitation, greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural policies, air pollution and 20 other measures.

The top 10 countries were led by Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The others at the top were Austria, France, Latvia, Costa Rica, Colombia and New Zealand, the leader in the 2006 version of the analysis.

By Ross Gelbspan

Fertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran War

ByClare Carlile

onApr 30, 2026 @ 05:45 PDT

Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’.

uk/Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests

ByAdam Barnett and Sam Bright

onApr 30, 2026 @ 01:27 PDT

Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors.

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uk/'Mad Men Fuelling the Madness': Meet the Advertising CEOs Boosting Big Oil

ByTJ Jordan

onApr 29, 2026 @ 23:05 PDT

You might not have heard of them, but a new analysis shows these ad execs have overseen $1.5 billion worth of fossil fuel ads in the U.S. since the Paris Agreement.