Founding of Seneca Village In 1825, a shoeshiner named Andrew Williams paid $125 for three lots in upper Manhattan. That same ...

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To do that, trees would have to cover the entire land mass of North and Central America, according to a study out Thursday.

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Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You’d need all of North and Central America, study finds Fossil fuel corporations, along with other companies and institutions, have promoted tree planting ...