Which of the following, if true, provides evidence that most logically completes the argument below?

According to a widely held economic hypothesis, imposing strict environmental regulations reduces economic growth. This hypothesis is undermined by the fact that the states with the strictest environmental regulations also have the highest economic growth. This fact does not show that environmental regulations promote growth, however, since ______.

• Athose states with the strictest environmental regulations invest the most in education and job training  
• Beven those states that have only moderately strict environmental regulations have higher growth than those with the least-strict regulations  
• Cmany states that are experiencing reduced economic growth are considering weakening their environmental regulations  
• Dafter introducing stricter environmental regulations, many states experienced increased economic growth  
• Eeven those states with very weak environmental regulations have experienced at least some growth