That's because economic growth can be correlated with environmental degradation, while protecting the environment is sometimes correlated with greater poverty.
这是因为经济增长可能与环境退化相关，而保护环境有时又与更大的贫困相关。
economic growth tends to cause environmental degradation.
经济增长往往导致环境恶化。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。