Which of the following statements best characterizes how developed and developing countries impact the environment?
a.
neither developed nor developing countries have had a significant impact on the environment in the past century.
b.
developed countries have tended to improve the environment, while developing countries have tended to damage it.
c.
developed countries have damaged the environment, while developing countries have had little impact.
d.
both developed and developing countries have had significant negative impacts on the environment.

B

Explanation:

Although Developed countries have had their fair share of environmental degradation in the process of development, they are more often associated with using better and less accessible and often more expensive technologies to go about the process of cleaning up the environment and using more clean fuels and greener practices in general. Developing countries on the other hand are not financially able to implement solutions such as these, so they have to resort to using unsustainable resources and releasing more greenhouse gases into the environment.