Rate My Rat allows you to rank your neighborhood NYC rats
New York City transit workers want your photos of native rats. Click over to the Rate My Rat website to see some pretty gross rats — and for a chance at winning a free, unlimited MetroCard.
Joel Makower: Green business maven shares his insights
Makower, one of the most respected voices in green business, talks about greener corporations, what the government could be doing to foster more environmentally friendly businesses, and why he's optimistic about the future.
Win a trip to Brazil for World Environment Day
Treehugger and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) are giving away a trip to Brazil to the winner of an environmental blogging competition that is now open for entry.
We are losing quiet places
Human-created noise is slowly overwhelming nearly every part of the world. Is there any hope for the future of quiet places?
Time lapse: Watermelon art
Watch as artist Vid Nikolic turns a humble watermelon into a stunning, if short-lived, work of art.
New report quantifies just how badly Russian waters are polluted by radioactive waste
According to a government study, Russia is covered with tens of thousands of ecological disasters.
A healthy trend: More young people are becoming farmers
After years of trending upwards, the average age of the American farmer is on the decline as an increasing number of young people take up a life as a farmer.
Bacteria used in English sewers to eat through post-Christmas fat build up
London sanitation workers now use bacteria to clear away post-holiday deposits of fat within city sewer systems.
Anti-whaling Sea Shepard using drone aircraft to hunt Japanese whaling fleet
The famed anti-whaling organization Sea Shepard is using unmanned drones to help them wage war against the Japanese whaling fleet.
Watch: Philadelphia Gun Club pollutes river, endangers public, while slaughtering hapless pigeons
Members of the Philadelphia Gun Club are the worst kind of hunters— lazy shooters who like their wasteful slaughter served up to them from the comfort of their riverside enclave.
