Environment Southern United States

State encouragement of a healthy environment is most impressive in the Northeast, West and Northwest and poorest in the South, especially Alabama, researchers said Sunday. The Green Index, an analysis of 256 indicators by the Institute of Southern Studies in Durham, N.C., gave top overall marks to Oregon, followed by Maine, Vermont and California.

State encouragement of a healthy environment is most impressive in the Northeast, West and Northwest and poorest in the South, especially Alabama, researchers said Sunday. The Green Index, an analysis of 256 indicators by the Institute of Southern Studies in Durham, N.C., gave top overall marks to Oregon, followed by Maine, Vermont and California.