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In your dreams: 'Nightmare on Elm Street' house selling for $2.1M

Following a gut rehab, an L.A. homeowner is selling the place where Freddy Krueger met his match for the first, but certainly not the last, time.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Plant a tree for World Environment Day

Be part of the U.N.'s Plant for the Planet by planting your own tree to mark World Environment Day.




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13-year-old to address U.N. on need for trees

German tree-planting advocate brings his Stop talking. Start planting message to the United Nations.




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I tried Starbucks' Christmas Tree Frappuccino

Starbucks will be selling its Christmas Tree Frappuccino only until Dec. 11.




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Google Street View puts polar bears on the map

The conservation nonprofit Polar Bears International will use the 360-degree panoramas for educational outreach and scientific research.




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Lord of the tree rings

Trees are outstanding historians. In fact, scientists dating back to Leonardo da Vinci recognized the value of trees. While others had figured out that you coul



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Judge rules in favor of 'greedy' street names at controversial NYC development

Fancy a new townhouse on Cupidity Drive?




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Does Mazda speak for the trees?

The poor Lorax is turned into a shill for SUVs, with kids failing to appreciate the subtleties. And it gets worse than that horrible TV ad.




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Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt: Electric cars hit the mean streets of New York

The Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are game-changing electric vehicles due on the market by the end of the year, and I just got a sneak peek.




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Chernobyl trees and leaves barely decomposed, study finds

The dead trees, plants and leaves at Chernobyl don't decay at nearly the same rate as plants elsewhere.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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10 surprising facts about palm trees

The quintessential image of a tropical paradise, the palm tree is much more significant than you might think. Here are 10 things you may not know about palms.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Quiet Treehouse: A sylvan escape that battles noise pollution

Make its debut at the Ideal Home Show in London, the Quiet Treehouse includes an array of features that drown out modern life's most irritating noises.



  • Remodeling & Design

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3,000-year-old tree has a sex change

The Fortingall Yew has been male for centuries, so maybe it's finally time to branch out.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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English city combats climate change with 3 million new trees

Manchester's City of Trees scheme will plant one leafy specimen for every resident.



  • Climate & Weather

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280 miles of hidden British bike paths rediscovered on Google Street View

With help from Kickstarter, the campaign to revive an expansive network of long-forgotten 1930s-era cycleways in the U.K. begins.




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London to boot cars from its busiest shopping street

The pedestrianization of overcrowded Oxford Street is a long-time dream of many Londoners. Cycling activists, however, feel wedged out of the ambitious plans.




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An ancient tree that stared down Hurricane Harvey has become an unlikely hero

While younger trees were left shattered by the hurricane, this iconic oak dubbed The Big Tree stood tall.



  • Climate & Weather

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Rare massive flowering of Australia's karri trees brings joy to beekeepers

Massive trees, towering over 250 feet, only flower once every 7 to 10 years.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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In Denmark's Park of Music, the trees sing

This public art project in Aalborg is a lesson on creative use of public space.



  • Arts & Culture

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More trees than there were 100 years ago? It's true!

In the U.S., there are more trees than there were 100 years ago, according to the FAO. MNN's Chuck Leavell explains why.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Is your bookshelf made from a 600-year-old Russian tree?

.Chances are it's not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting old-growth forests in a




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Southern California's first Blu Home prefab unfolded in Joshua Tree

With Sonoma County in the bag, affordable prefab builder Blu Homes unveils its first project in Southern California: a remote, low-impact desert retreat owned b



  • Remodeling & Design

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Tree rings reveal our past — and our future

It's called dendrochronology, the study of data culled from the growth patterns of trees. And it can tell us a lot.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Does the world's 'loneliest' tree mark the start of a new epoch?

A Sitka spruce on Campbell Island may be the 'golden spike' that denotes the controversial beginning of the Anthropocene epoch.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project aims to plant one million new trees by 2017

Toyota has donated 4,500 free trees for this March's giveaway for New York City residents.




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Bulldog uses zipline to get to his treehouse

Bulldog rides zipline to Costa Rican treehouse home




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Guerrilla tree sculptor takes over U.K. town

The wooded area around the UK town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire has fallen pray to some amazing guerrilla art.



  • Arts & Culture

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China enlists 60,000 soldiers to plant trees in war against air pollution

Over 60,000 members of the People’s Liberation Army will help increase the total acreage of forested land in China from 21 to 23 percent.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Garbage dump and Joshua Tree National Park won't be neighbors

Supreme Court decides not to hear the case about a plan to build 'the world's largest garbage dump' near the iconic national park.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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There's gold in eucalyptus trees?

Eucalyptus trees can hold grains of gold, potentially helping reveal buried treasure.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Google Street View lets you tour the Kennedy Space Center

Visitors can get up close and personal with two space shuttles, the launch pad and much more.



  • Research & Innovations

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400 trees to be cut in L.A. to make room for space shuttle Endeavour

As the space shuttle Endeavor is poised to come to Los Angeles, crews will remove about 400 trees to make room for its passage.




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Chocolate companies put their heads together to save trees

Twelve of the world's leading chocolate producers, with some help from Prince Charles, intend to tackle deforestation.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Red cedar trees rebounded in response to Clean Air Act

Tree rings of old eastern red cedars show improved tree growth and physiology since the Clean Air Act's implementation in the 1980s.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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To fight unemployment, India to plant 2 billion trees

A new initiative in India will employ up to 300,000 youths in an effort to improve air quality and provide opportunities to the unemployed.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Budweiser is removing trees, and it's a good thing

It might seem counterintuitive, but Anheuser-Busch and The Nature Conservancy are working together to protect a Colorado watershed by cutting down trees.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Drink coffee to plant trees

Can drinking coffee reduce your carbon footprint? Tiny Footprint Coffee claims it roasts the world's first carbon-negative coffee.




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Why do these chimps like to throw rocks at trees?

Researchers studying chimps that like to throw rocks at certain trees in West Africa are getting clues about the purpose of this behavior.




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Smog-eating streets created by Dutch scientists

Pavement that acts as an air purifier could help cities consume their own pollution.



  • Research & Innovations

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The best trees for urban (and suburban) yards

The world needs more trees -- here are recommended varieties for planting.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Cousteau pushes Wall Street to a higher calling

Cousteau announced a partnership with AdvisorShares Investments to leverage the might of Wall Street to finance solutions of global problems.




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Why did this man quit a high-paying Wall Street job to start an Indian kitchen?

Vijay Brihmadesam, one of the minds behind Tava Indian Kitchen, has mastered the tasty and convenient fast-food market.




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Google Street could help in the battle against invasive species

Google's online street views could help scientists track and fight invasive species over the Internet.




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Planting trees when not with the Stones

Rolling Stones piano player Chuck Leavell shows off Charlane Plantation, where he champions the importance of trees.



  • Arts & Culture

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Seeing the forest for the trees

Chuck Leavell on what the U.S. Green Building Council can learn from Georgia’s governor.




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NBC to plant trees for the holidays

Plus: Eco-themed shows on the horizon.



  • Arts & Culture

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Olivia Newton-John launches 'One Tree Per Child' campaign

Global effort will start in the U.K. city of Bristol — with over 36,000 children from 130 schools planting saplings.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Move over, MacGyver. The new word on the street is 'frugal innovation'

People have done this forever, but today's technology makes it easier and faster.



  • Research & Innovations

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America's love-hate history with trees

From the earliest efforts at clear-cutting to our continued assault on national lands, we love our forests ... even as we continue to put the squeeze on them.




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What climate change means for New England's maple trees

Trees in Vermont and New Hampshire are becoming stressed and are producing less syrup.



  • Climate & Weather