Nations' sustainability ranked

NYT: On the World Economic Forum's 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index, Finland, Norway, Uruguay take top spots among the 146 nations studied; U.S. ranks 45th. Lowest-ranking nations include North Korea, Haiti, Taiwan, Iraq and Kuwait.

Of course, the new Iraqi government will have an opportunity to up Iraq's ranking and show up the U.S. by adopting Kyoto standards for its global warming emissions, which would be almost as hilariously ironic as when Ukraine sent over observers for our presidential election last year.