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Explain some of the ways in which humans are damaging the environment. What can governments do to address these problems? What can individual people do?

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It is true that people's activities cause significant damage to the environment, so everyone must do something to improve their habitat.
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 essay will discuss the environmental problems and several methods that governments and individuals should use to solve these problems. There is no doubt that
air
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pollution
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 and ocean
pollution
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 are the biggest threats. In terms of
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pollution
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, the major proportions of exhaust
air
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 are NO, NO2 and CO2 that come from factories and vehicles.
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, another type of
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 from factories is polluted water that leads to a higher percentage of heavy metals and other kinds of toxic substances in marine organisms than the standard. Marine life is
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 harmed by human waste.
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, turtles often mistake plastic bags as jellyfish, and swallow them,
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 die. The Government should set some laws to protect the environment and reduce
pollution
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. According to the laws, the factory's equipment will be upgraded so that those exhaust gases or liquid will be conducted secondary to reduce or even eliminate harmful substances.
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, the government can pass legislation to limit the use of private vehicles,
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 as restrict vehicles with 0 and 9 of the
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 numbers on the license plate to travel on Monday. Individuals can change their lifestyles to improve the situation of the environment. The easiest way for everyone to reduce the
air
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 pollutions is that people should choose public transportation like buses, subways rather than private cars. Another lifestyle change is that people should try to use green and recyclable packaging
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 of plastic bags.
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, customers can take the traditional bamboo basket when they go to the supermarket. In summary, people must be responsible for environmental deterioration. Both the government and individuals should do their best to solve the problem.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Pollution: contamination, emissions, pollutants, industrial waste
  • Deforestation: habitat loss, biodiversity, urban development, logging
  • Climate Change: greenhouse gases, global warming, fossil fuels, renewable energy
  • Overfishing: unsustainable, fish stocks, marine ecosystems, conservation
  • Waste Production: non-biodegradable, plastics, recycling, waste management systems
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