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Matt Ridley: “But isn’t all this progress coming at the expanse of the environment? Well no, often the reverse. … And the richer countries are, the more likely their environment is improving. The biggest environmental problems are in poor countries”

??? The poor countries are polluted (and poor!) not bc they are poor countries, but bc of the rich countries? It’s common sense I fear??