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Elephants eat their crops. Farmers strike back. It's a war that's only getting worse

2023. ### **What's driving the conflict?** One reason for the trend is the changing nature of farming in Sri Lanka. Traditionally, farmers have relied on rainy season precipitation to water their crops. They'd plant

Drive slower, go electric, don't drive at all? The best options for saving gas

2023. Evidence from the oldest generation of electric vehicles suggests their batteries are lasting longer than was expected in the early days of the EV industry.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5464x5464+187+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff0%2Fcd%2F84caa9f94d62ab29340d609cfa79%2Fgettyimages-1825441052.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/nx-s1-5706658/electric-vehicle-battery-lifespan) ### [Business](https://www.npr.org/sections/business/) ### [How long

Could this conference be a 'turning point' for the world's use of fossil fuels?

prices and energy shortages triggered by the recent war have created what the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, has called "[the mother of all energy crises](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHIrtBZIAg)." With

Israel’s war creating a ‘lost generation’ of Lebanese students

reason or another. “Hybrid learning has become the de facto norm in Lebanon over the past several years due to continuous instability, from the [October 2019 revolution](/news/2019/10/29/lebanon-prime-minister-saad-hariri-resigns-after-mass-protests) to COVID-19, the economic crisis