Unscientific: India after ranking lowest among 180 countries in Environmental Performance Index 2022
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The Union environment ministry on Wednesday rebutted the Environmental Performance Index 2022, which ranked India at the bottom of a list of 180 countries, saying some of the indicators it used are "extrapolated and based on surmises and unscientific methods". The index published recently by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University.