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January 26, 2005
British pollution
According to a report being presented tomorrow at the World Economic Forum in Davos, our environmental performance is amongst the worst. Britain is criticized for ‘land degradation’, air pollution, and exporting pollution to other countries.
The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) by Yale and Columbia universities is a broadly-based assessment measuring 21 types of pollution and related problems. Under their ranking, Britain is number 66 out of 146 countries. In Europe, it is number 16 out of 22.
It would be interesting to know more about how ‘land degradation’ is defined, and how it affects Scotland.
www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0,12188,1397838,00.html?gusrc=rss
Posted by Simon Holledge at January 26, 2005 02:13 PM
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