Essay About Environmental Problems

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How can we solve the world’s environmental issues?
Humans are responsible to handle a variety of environmental issues, but we can also take steps to reduce the damages that we are causing to the planet. While some people believe that complication of environmental issue hampers an individual from putting the effort, I believe that an individual can take an action on their own, which can make a world of difference. This essay will discuss environmental problems and the measures that individuals can solve these problems. There are reasons to support my stance.
We are having a big environmental problem. We have been “polluting our planet’s air, water, and land; depleting its resources; and accumulating a lot of wastes.”(Crone, 2007) Two of the biggest risks to the …show more content…

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