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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Ranking The States

Ranking the States from the point of view of energy use and policy, pollution, alternative energy, etc.

1 is the best to 50, the worst.

24/7: The Environmental State of The Union: A Survey of Pollution, Energy Use and Policy in all 50 States
1. Vermont
Population: 621,760 (49th)
GDP: $25.4 Billion (50th)
Toxic Waste: 1,536 Tons (3rd)
Carbon Footprint: 6.4 Million Metric Tons (1st)
Alternative Energy: 28.1% (7th)


29. New York
Population: 19,541,453 (3rd)
GDP: $1.09 Trillion (3rd)
Toxic Waste: 1,032,626 Tons (42nd)
Carbon Footprint: 201.3 Million Metric Tons (42nd)
Alternative Energy: 21.4% (9th)


49. New Jersey
Population: 8,707,739 (11th)
GDP: $482.9 Billion (7th)
Toxic Waste: 555 Thousand Tons (39th)
Carbon Footprint: 134 Million Metric Tons (34th)
Alternative Energy: 1.5% (48th)


50.Ohio
Population: 11,542,645 (7th)
GDP: $471.2 Billion (8th)
Toxic Waste: 1.3 Million Tons (45th)
Carbon Footprint: 267 Million Metric Tons (47th)
Alternative Energy: 0.7% (Tied for Last)

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

NJ sucks and Christie is proud that it does. Lots of meaningless talk about alt. energy but zero action. NJ politicians are the most crooked in the country, greedy stupid and ill-informed for the most part.

Jim Sande said...

Christie is following the example of the gov of Michigan. People are being too passive about the GOP takeovers.

Its a gross abuse of power. You should start a campaign to impeach Christie.