Spoiler

Vermont has the lowest level of pollution and Louisiana has the worst level according to US News.

State Pollution Rankings | US News Best States

  1. Vermont

  2. New Hampshire

  3. South Dakota

  4. New Mexico

  5. Wyoming

  6. California

  7. Rhode Island

  8. Maine

  9. Colorado

  10. Idaho

  11. New York

  12. Nebraska

  13. Hawaii

  14. Minnesota

  15. Montana

  16. Maryland

  17. Massachusetts

  18. Washington

  19. North Dakota

  20. Wisconsin

  21. Arizona

  22. Oklahoma

  23. Kansas

  24. Missouri

  25. Iowa

  26. Georgia

  27. Florida

  28. Mississippi

  29. Alaska

  30. Connecticut

  31. North Carolina

  32. Virginia

  33. South Carolina

  34. Michigan

  35. Kentucky

  36. Arkansas

  37. West Virginia

  38. New Jersey

  39. Pennsylvania

  40. Texas

  41. Alabama

  42. Illinois

  43. Tennessee

  44. Oregon

  45. Ohio

  46. Utah

  47. Delaware

  48. Indiana

  49. Nevada

  50. Louisiana

  • WIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    The USA has its own “same map” where Cascadia and New England consistently are less trash, and where the Deep South is always hell

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
    ·
    2 years ago
    1. California

    :doubt: Especially during fire season.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
    ·
    2 years ago

    The downstream effect accounts for a lot of this. Population and mining/drilling factor in too, along with a couple other factors I can't put my finger on.

  • build_a_bear_group [he/him, comrade/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    I am surprised South Dakota is so low. I guess not having any real industry and mining being long gone is going to outweigh having a Libertarian government that refuses to regulate anything.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Cali surprisingly good

      The problem with a state rating is that the states vary in size so much. California is enormous so my wild hunch is that it varies a lot by county.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
          ·
          2 years ago

          The more I think about it - the more annoyed I am at US News didn't also turn the data into visual info like at least put it by county on a map. The American media is so fucking lazy.

          Yesterday I saw some tweets but I didn't learn more about it - that Columbia University simply lied to a site (or an organization?) to pump up their numbers so they'd be far higher in a college ranking. Nobody thought "This data is very, very strange. Why? How could they jump so many places? We should investigate." Instead they just published that shit without questioning it. And now the WaPo is doing dictation and mentioning the unis regret for ‘deficiencies’.

          Columbia University says it gave incorrect data for U.S. News rankings

          University expresses regret for ‘deficiencies’ in its reporting of undergraduate class sizes and faculty credentials

          Note to self: I really need to spend far less than 95+% of my time on the net looking for yet more shiny objects. I need to stop and read more. And I'll read that article right n— Oh, cat video!