YOU SAID:
the trees are dying, and so am i
INTO JAPANESE
木が枯れているので、私もそうです
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The tree is dead, so so is me
INTO JAPANESE
木が死んでいるので、私も死んでいます
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm dead because the tree is dead
INTO JAPANESE
木が死んでいるので私は死んでいる
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm dead because the tree is dead
That didn't even make that much sense in English.