Why have some developed countries been able to keep their environmental quality?
A) Thanks to the work of women
B) Because of better environment agreements
C) Because they were able to get most of their resources from and shifted a high proportion of their pollution to the poor developing countries.
D) The Paris agreement
E) The intervention of the UN

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Developed countries have often maintained their environmental quality by outsourcing resource extraction and manufacturing, which are pollution-intensive, to developing countries. This shift allows them to reduce domestic pollution while still benefiting from these activities economically.

Why Have Some Developed Countries Been Able to Keep Their