

Photo: Banksy.co.uk
Poor Dolphin
World-famous guerilla artist Banksy has made many environmental statements in the past, but we think this one is particularly clever, especially with the
by Agence France-Presse.
NEW ORLEANS—An oil platform explosion Thursday in the
Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to dive into the sea and threatened further
damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster.
Fire engulfed
the offshore platform 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast shortly after 10:00
a.m. EST and massive plumes of gray smoke billowed into the sky as rescuers rushed
to fish out the workers.
by April McGreger.
If you’re like me, summer is
chaos: traveling, packing and unpacking, and structureless days. Fall usually brings much-needed order—if I can spend the time to get
organized and to regroup.

Archaeologists say that digging through a civilization's garbage can reveal more about peoples' lifestyles than just about anything else.

Image credit: CosmicRevolutionKS
When I interviewed my friend Tim Toben of Greenbridge and Pickards Mountain Ecoinstitute, he suggested it was important that we all "tell the story about the transformation from a world powered by fossil fuels to a world powered by

Photo via qmnonic
Nothing like a flood of minks loose in a country's already fragile ecosystem to put environmentalists in a tough spot. Two fur farms in northern Greece were raided, the results of which saw 50,000 minks running for the hills. Fortunately for everyone (except the minks) the problem could solve itself in a short time.

Photo via National Geographic
We've got a new regular slideshow here on TreeHugger: The Week in Animal Photos.