In the article “Climate Change Kills 400,000 a Year, New Report Reveals” by Mark Hertsgaard there are many shocking statistics and facts about how humans are affecting the earth and the earth is affecting us. Every day humans are destroying the environment. There are some ways we can help this but in a lot of ways we can't. Some necessities are bad for the environment but we need them in order to survive. There are also careless things that we do like leaving the lights on or using more natural resources then we really need.

 

Like it says in the title, our bad decisions can lead to death over the years. "The new report is another reminder that climate change's most savage impact is poverty and hunger.'' This shows that because of our choices to hurt the environment can leave people starving for days and a lot of people barely have any money at all. The harsh environment of Earth kills on average about 1,000 kids a day. Not only is it causing deaths it is costing everyone money. Climate change costs the worlds economy 1.2 trillion dollars a year. A lot of that money is being wasted on because of careless people that don’t pay attention to what they are doing that affects the Earth.

 
I think that people should be more cautious about the resources they use. People might think that just one person can't really harm the environment but that mindset is wrong. If a lot of people make bad decisions it all adds up. Each person contributes a little until it is all gathered up and causes a huge effect. If people think more they will use less and it will save them money and it will save peoples lives.

I agree with the article because it is expressing that there needs to be a big change in how we treat the earth. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people are dying because some people are careless. If we dont change the way that we act that number is going to increase until we finally decide to do something about it. Another point the author is expressing is that one person can not change the world that drastically. Everybody needs to work together to try and stop polluting and destroying the earth so people stop dying.