Some people believe that the earth is being greatly harmed by human activity, whereas others argue that human activity is actually making the earth a better place for us all. What is your opinion?

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Some people believe that the earth is being greatly harmed by human activity, whereas others argue that human activity is actually making the earth a better place for us all. What is your opinion?

There is no doubt that the environment is essential for life on earth. The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years, such as the economic development and increasing population in the world. It is difficult for the earth. Although there have been many benefits from those changes. There are some bad effects like global warming, pollution which have been generated. These damages to the environment should be paid more attention. I think everyone should be responsible for the earth, because I believe that some human activity is destroying the earth. The essay will describe how the earth is being harmed by human activity.

Firstly, waste is a huge problem for the environment. Why is the waste so serious? "Each year in the European Union alone we throw away 1.3 billion tonnes of waste - some 40 million tonnes of it hazardous.  This amounts to about 3.5 tonnes of solid waste for every man, woman and child." (European commission, on-line). The huge numbers can prove that the waste is very serious; individuals should pay attention to this problem. With the technology developing, individuals think all the resources can be unlimited resources, so people did not have a habit to save. But all the resources can become limited resources due to waste. If the waste continue to grow, one day people may do not have enough resources left. So people should do some activities good for the earth, save resources, do recycling etc.

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Secondly, after the Industrial Revolution the impact of the greenhouse effect caused melting glaciers, and then generated CO2 to bring out the climate change. "Economists predict that an 80 percent increase in global energy demand will cause global greenhouse gas emission to grow by 70 percent by mid-century.”(Yeatman, on-line) Since the industrial revolution, human beings have been into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and strong year-on-year. There are many industrial factories set up, the carbon emission is increasing caused the global warming. And then some unusual drought appeared result in the crops less, the food in some parts of ...

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