"The environmental movement lives in a state of denial regarding the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality, e.g. per @MaxCRoser,'the OECD's Better Life Index correlates with GDP":
~ based on Jim Rose's post 'Richer is greener: environmentalists are Environmental Kuznets Curve deniers'
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Environmental quality and the thing being plotted on this graph (Better Life Index) aren't exactly the same thing. You can still have a crap natural environment, but other factors that make your life better outweigh them.
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