Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. But that dude has since his shadow more than 100 times; he’s only not seen it 16 times. Honestly, getting your weather forecast from a giant rodent is like getting your climate science from a weather forecaster.

Locusts thrive on overgrazed lands.

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Accredited zoos will need to have three elephants, if they have any elephants at all.

Spain probably shouldn’t have killed its subsidies for renewable energy.

A new movie, Windfall, documents one town’s fight against wind power.

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The wind industry has two opportunities this year to convince Congress to continue supporting it with subsidies.