January 13, 2006—The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an international panel with 30 member states, has released a new review of environmental policy in the US. The report commends the nation’s progress in some areas over the past decade, while encouraging more effort in others.
Overall, the OECD report urges the United States to increase the efficiency of its environmental management and its use of energy and water, projecting that doing so would yield economic benefits. The report also points to a need for greater US leadership in addressing global environmental concerns on climate change, biodiversity, and toxic chemicals.
The OECD’s series of Environmental Performance Reviews evaluates the ways in which member countries manage air quality, water resources, and biodiversity and how they integrate environmental concerns into economic and fiscal policies. The review also assesses how well the country meets its international environmental commitments.
