Where does Canada stand on the “eco-friendly” chart of countries?
Question: Where does Canada stand on the “eco-friendly” chart of countries?
I know we’re not ranked at the highest, but I need to know where we stand for a project… Are we at the very bottom?
Answer:
Answer by harry k
Nationmaster is usually a good site for information like this. It’s not biased to developing countries like the UN is, the rankings are based on pure data.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca-canada/env-environment
Canada’s problem is that it’s so stinkin’ cold in much of the country for much of the year. (Those annoying 9-month-long winters….) Result: we have to consume tons of energy to keep from freezing to death. Kind of knocks us way down on the “eco–friendly” top-100 list. Maybe if we could take over the Turks & Caicos Islands (as an MP proposed several years ago) then a lot of us could move there and help get our average energy consumption down – I’d volunteer!
As a green country we are 6th, 13th or 26th- I can’t remember. Point being, we aren’t too bad. But we do contribute a but load of green house gases. Pollution is our middle name.