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India 75th in environmental impact survey…

India has been ranked 75th out of 102 countries in a list that ranks the countries in terms of the human impact on environment per person.

Mozambique, the southern African country rated as one of the poorest, has topped a survey of nations with the lowest global environmental impact.
Mozambique topped the list because almost all its energy use comes from green sources.

India, on the other hand, was placed 75th, with renewable energy making up only 15.2 per cent of all energy used; only 2.2 per cent of waste water being recycled, and municipal waste of 0.34 kg per person being generated daily.

The ranking has been done by MoneySuperMarket, a UK-based financial services website.The ranking parameters are energy consumption, air pollution, waste production, reliance on non-renewable energy, the carbon dioxide emissions per capita, wastewater treatment capacity, municipal solid waste generated and tree cover loss etc. Of all the parameters, the most weight has been given to Carbon dioxide emissions, municipal solid waste and energy consumption. 

Top 10 Performers: Mozambique -1st, Ethiopia -2nd , Zambia - 3rd , Latvia - 4th , Kenya - 5th , Albania -6th , Ghana -7th , Tajikistan - 8th , Nepal - 9th , Colombia - 10th .

Worst Performers: Trinidad and Tobago - 102^nd , United States - 101^st , Sri Lanka  - 100^th , Ireland - 99^th , Canada - 98^th , China - 97^th , Australia - 96^th , South Africa - 95^th , Cyprus - 94^th , Malaysia - 93^rd .