Environmental

Environmental protection and economic development have become enemies in recent years. We all know that both of them are important. But we often can’t strike a balance between them. Some people hold the belief that economic development should never be at the cost of the environment, whereas many others are of the opinion that economic development is the most important, no matter how much it costs. As far as I am concerned, environmental protection is much more important than economic development. So we should give an overwhelming priority to environmental protection.
First and foremost, environmental protection is the requirement of sustainable development. We all know that the resources in this world are limited, and human is consuming these limited resources in a rapid pace and destroying the environment seriously. If we destroy the environment, we will commit a crime to the future generations. So we should attach importance to environmental protection in order to leave a better living space to our future generations. Besides, environmental protection is the requirement of the order of nature. Owing to the overlook of protecting the environment, we have suffered much punishment from nature. For example, land resources are dwindling because of the industrial development and the expansion of cities. Rivers and lakes are polluted because of the largely waste which comes from factories. Deserts are spreading because of the unending cutting. Air and water supplies are polluted because of the poisonous gas and liquid. So if we want to own a better and more comfortable life for ourselves without pollution and disasters, we should protect our environment.
Moreover, environmental protection can promote the increase of our national economy in a way. If the natural environment is good enough, our economy will have a favorable condition to develop and will develop rapidly. The rapid development will attract many foreign investors to invest money in our country, which will