Mongabay: Two years after the first energy efficiency ranking report put out by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and the U.S. still lags widely behind most of the world's other large economies. In the second report, the U.S. came in at number 13 out of 16 nations-even beaten by new-comer to the report, India-while Germany took the top spot.
"Germany is a prime example of a nation that has made energy efficiency a top priority," said ACEEE Executive Director Steven Nadel. "The...