Therearesomeindividualswhoarguethat,comparedtotheenvironmentprotection,thetoppriorityissupposedtogiventoeconomicdevelopment.Theydeemthatenvironmentalproblemsareinevitableandunavoidableintheprocessofeconomicdevelopment.Theyareonlythebyproductsofeconomicdevelopment,whichcanbehandledlaterwhenwehavethetimeandmoney.However,otherindividualsholddifferentopinionsthat（或者：otherholdersoftheoppositeopinionsarguethat）environmentprotectionshouldbeattachedmoreimportancethaneconomicdevelopmentinthatpresentseriousenvironmentalproblemswillthreatenthehealthoftheresidentsandhindertheadvanceoftheeconomy.AsfarasIamconcerned,environmentalprotectionandeconomicdevelopmentcancoexistinparallelandcanstayinharmony.Ourultimateaimineconomicdevelopmentistoprovideacomfortableandhappylifeforourpeople.Whatisthepointofeconomicdevelopmentifweachieveitatthecostofourenvironment?Therehasbeenmuchevidencetoprovethatabalancebetweenthetwohelpsmorerapidandcontinuousdevelopmentofthesociety.
Nowadayshaveenjoyedanincreasinglyprosperouslifeinthewakeofenormoussocialandeconomicdevelopment.Butatthesametime,weforgetthattheconsequencebroughtaboutbyrapideconomicdevelopment.Forinstance,greenhouseeffect,duststorm,haze.
Associetydevelops,peopleareattachingmuchimportancetodealwiththerelationshipbetweeneconomicdevelopmentandenvironmental.
Economicdevelopmentisseeminglymoreimportant,thecountrydevelopsmuchfasterandbetterthatitcreatesenormousjobopportunities,improveslivingconditionsandincreasesgovernmentrevenues.However,theenvironmentisbecomingworseandworse.Inordertoprotecttheenvironmentwhichwedependson,somethingmustbedone.
Firstandtheforemost,weareexpectedtousepublictransportationsinsteadofprivatecarsthatemitalargeamountofexhaustgas.whatsmore,wecanplantmoretreestoabsorbcarbondioxideandbuildanenvironment-friendlysociety.Lastbutnotleast,itissurelynecessarytocompleterelevantlawsandregulations.
Weshouldrememberthatourfuturedependsuponwhatwedorightnow.
Todaythequalityofournaturalenvironmenthasbecomeanimportantissue.Theworldpopulationisrisingsoquicklythattheworldhasbecometoocrowded.
Weareusingupournaturalresourcesandatthesametimepollutingourenvironmentwithdangerouschemicals.Ifwecontinuetodothis,lifeonearthcannotsurvive.
Concernedpeoplehavemadesomeprogressinenvironmentalprotection.Governmentsofmanycountrieshaveestablishedlawstoprotecttheair,forestsandsearesourcesandtostopenvironmentalpollution.
Stillmoremeasuresshouldbetakentosolveenvironmentalproblems.Peopleshouldbefurthereducatedtorecognizetheimportanceoftheproblems,tousemodernmethodsofbirthcontrol,toconserveournaturalresourcesandrecycleourproducts.Wearesurethatwecanhaveabetterandcleanerplaceinthefuture.