Green takes on the SOTU, Super Bowl, and more — animated. (Last week: Benedict Cumberbatch.)

Rep. Henry Waxman is leaving Congress with an awesome environmental legacy:

Funded by oil, gas, and coal, Republicans voted to deny climate change:

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New York banned fracking for at least another year:

The Super Bowl will compost food waste for the first time:

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Obama said climate change was real in the SOTU, but he didn’t forsake fossil fuels like enviros hoped:

Squirrels are basically the cutest threat to America’s infrastructure ever: