April is usually our favorite time of year, as we get to celebrate the planet along with other green-minded folks. However, a slew of unfortunate events this month have quite possibly made this the worst Earth Month ever, at least according to Grist.org.

Here are a few examples of Earth Month gone awry:

• What may be the worst oil spill in U.S. history, in the Gulf of Mexico. Our best environmental option – to set it on fire?! Wonder if Obama still thinks off-shore drilling is a good idea.
• Massey’s Big Branch explosion, causing 29 coal miner deaths.
• The Chinese coal freighter that crashed into the Great Barrier Reef a few weeks ago.
• An oil refinery explosion in Washington, killing 7 people.
• 18,000 gallons of Chevron oil spilling into the Louisiana delta.

There is an upside, according to Rajesh Narayanan, (naturally, a professor of finance) of Louisiana State University’s business school. He told The New York Times: “I think it may create some temporarily spikes in employment if the companies hire some local labor to clean up the spill.”

Really?? We hope the terrible events of this month have further proven why we should fossilize the fossil-fuel industry.