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Introduction

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. ...read more.

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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. 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. ...read more.

Conclusion

19 trillion gallons of waste also enter the water annually" (Thinkquest, on-line). I think the factories should decrease the pollution of water, or the safety and health of human drinking water will be under threat. In conclusion, I would like to say that some human activities are making the earth worse, but sometimes some activities are helpful for the earth, such as planting trees, saving energy resources. However, many human activities are harmful for the earth. People may complain the environment is getting worse, but they never take measures to solve these problems. In order to improve the standard of living, people should save electricity, drive car less and protect forests and oceans. We must try our best to protect our earth, so our future generations can live in the earth more comfortably and longer. ...read more.

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