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John Lewis mulls closing some department stores 



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The proper way to part with an old house

Ease the process of leaving your beloved old house by following these four tips.




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PTTEP, Partners Hit Oil Pay Offshore Mexico

Commercial potential of the new discovery will be assessed in the next phase.




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Mystery Alaska: How Palin, the Tea Party and a three-way race could affect the Senate

The polls have flipped in Alaska. Murkowski is leading, but Scott McAdams may be in the best position of all.




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Global Green hands out awards, announces three-part Sandy rebuilding scheme

With a focus on solar, schools and citizen entrepreneurs, Global Green USA formally announces its plan to help devastated-by-Sandy communities in New York and N




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A subterranean storage unit-turned-micro-apartment in Seattle [Video]

Visit Steve Sauer's Seattle apartment, a 182-square-foot storage unit transformed into a cozy dwelling.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Electric car charging is on the house at L.A. apartment complex

The developers of an office tower-turned-apartment complex in L.A. don't think you really need to own a car to live there. But if you do, it helps to own an EV.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Inside the micro-apartments of America's oldest indoor shopping mall

Indie retail and urban downsizing collide at this smart example of adaptive reuse that breathes new life into a historic shopping center.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Proposal to ban trade in polar bear parts fails at international wildlife conference

The U.S.-backed proposal was opposed by Canada, which is home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears.




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11 rollicking pre-Lent parties around the world

The festivities preceding the Catholic season of Lent are known by different names in different parts of the world. But it's a celebration everywhere.



  • Arts & Culture

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Tesla's Elon Musk on the (video) record, part two

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is nothing if not outspoken. Here, in the second of three interview segments, he talks about prospects for the company's affordable Model S




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England's 19th century sea forts are being converted into offshore party hubs

Let your hair down and party like it's 1899 in a converted Victorian sea fort off of the Isle of Wight.



  • Arts & Culture

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The Greenerator: Personal, renewable apartment power

Jonathan Globerson's Greenerator concept allows apartment dwellers to harvest their own wind and solar energy from the comfort of their own balconies. But would




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Parrot throws itself a little dance party

This parrot likes to move it while listening to 'I Like to Move It.'




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Peruvian glacier breaks apart causing tsunami

More evidence of global warming in Peru, as Huacan glacier collapses into lake.



  • Research & Innovations

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Stack 'em up: A prefab apartment tower rises in Manhattan

Check out this video of NYC's first prefab residential building coming to life over a 4-week span in Manhattan's Inwood section.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Ancient fossils found on lands once part of Bears Ears National Monument

Triassic fossils found on lands that were previously part of Bears Ears National Monument could fall under 'multiple-use' management.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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You have a personal cloud of particles and bugs that follows you everywhere

Each of us is a cloud of microscopic particles, chemicals and microorganisms swirling around us that's always there. It's called an exposome, and it's unique.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Watch: Angry drunken coal miners crash party

Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.




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How to plan an eco-friendly Super Bowl party

Video: Join Danielle V as she plans an eco-friendly and socially conscious Super Bowl party.




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Partying green in tough times

While the days of excess seem to be over, a party in New York last week showed that it’s always in vogue (and on budget) to be green.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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A Green party at a gas station?

Your Daily Thread — self-described as "L.A.'s hub for all things green, sustainable & local" — has been live for quite a while now, but finally threw its of



  • Arts & Culture

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Party at Hollywood's eco-club

Party with The Green Girls -- and 200 green-thinking Angelenos -- at the Ecco Lounge in Hollywood this Saturday.



  • Arts & Culture

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All decked out: Party time

Too hot to entertain inside? Head out to the back deck and don't forget these 12 eco-friendly outdoor eating' and drinkin' wares.




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Beverages and bites for your Oscar party

Dig into MNN's recipe archives for eco-friendly and healthy food and drinks to enjoy while critiquing gowns and arguing about who should win this year's Academy




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Weekend reads: Dinner party dos and don'ts

Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.




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Go local and durable with your Oscar party

Forget the gold paper plates and the disposable red carpet for your Oscar party. Bring out the china, the crystal and the good food.




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How to reduce waste during a Super Bowl party

You may feel overwhelmed with planning lots of food and buying decorations. We have simple tips to help minimize your waste at the end of the big game.




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Uranium mining part of the great energy debate

Colorado's debate over uranium mines isn't that different from other energy debates around the nation.




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The Green Party: A Mother's Day bouquet

Mother's Day bouquet: Learn how to make your mom a Mother's Day present she won't soon forget.




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7 beer cocktails for your Super Bowl party

Add variety to your football-viewing drink choices with these beer cocktails.




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6 zero-proof cocktails for your Super Bowl Party

Try these non-alcoholic cocktails, zero-proof cocktails. Your non-imbibing friends will thank you for giving them great choices.




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Study reveals gaps between Tea Party and everyone else on energy policy

A study from the Civil Society Institute reveals that party lines divide many people's feelings about global warming, energy independence and green jobs. Here a




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A tale of two climate polls, part 2

Two new studies on how Americans perceive climate change is a testament to public confusion and an urgent call for better messaging from the scientific communit



  • Research & Innovations

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Loomstate for Target's launch party

The affordable organic cotton fashion line threw a star-studded private shopping party in Venice, Calif.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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Interior Department to allow bee-harming pesticides, GMO crops in some wildlife areas

Rescinding a 2014 ban, the planting of genetically-modified crops and the use of neonicotinoid pesticides are allowed in U.S. national wildlife refuges again.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Green States: Energy Department, still about the bomb

As Obama plans for an energy makeover, his Department of Energy is still focused on nuclear weapons.




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Throw a Fair Trade party in October

October is Fair Trade Month. Celebrate by throwing a fair trade coffee hour -- or cocktail hour -- and buying better-for-kids chocolate on Halloween.




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North Dakota town is most pricey place in America to rent an apartment

Why does the North Dakota outpost of Williston have the highest rents for a one-bedroom apartment in the entire country according to a new survey?




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Tea Party is reason for congressman's environmental flip-flops

L.A. Times says the head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee was once a moderate, but he was able to gain this powerful seat by embracing Tea Party princ




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College tailgate parties go green with the EPA's Game Day Challenge

Schools are competing to generate the best recycling rates and the lowest levels of waste.




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Senators introduce bipartisan bill to reform chemical safety laws

Bipartisan 'Chemical Safety Improvement Act' would require more safety regulation for chemicals while making it easier for those that pass to get on the market.



  • Protection & Safety

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5 easy ways to green your tailgate party

Tailgating season is winding down, but football is still in the air. Can you make a stadium outing less of a green disaster? Try these tips and find out.




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In the Green Room: Ray Anderson of Interface Inc., part 2

Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, sits down with noted environmentalist Ray Anderson of Interface Inc. Anderson, a not



  • Remodeling & Design

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Greening 'Spartacus: War of the Damned'

Inside the final season of Starz show 'Spartacus' (Liam McIntyre).



  • Arts & Culture

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Grammys' party lounge gets in the green spirit

Green Grammy goodies, wolf hunt, 'Earth from Space,' 'Reef Wranglers'.



  • Arts & Culture

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Anjelica Huston designs eco-pod, hosts farm-to-table dinner party

Actress was also recently named PETA's Person of the Year.



  • Arts & Culture