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In the Green Room: Ned Sullivan on smart growth

See how smart growth and conservation easements play a role in preserving the land of the Hudson River Valley.



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In the Green Room: Hamlet on the Hudson River

Visit Garrison, N.Y., an environmentally friendly community just an hour north of New York City.



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In the Green Room: Environmental issues in the art world

Video: Learn about ecoartspace and how that organization addresses environmental issues through the visual arts.



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In the Green Room: Performing at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green

Watch Chuck perform at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green.



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Video: Jimmy Fallon mentions MNN

MNN co-founder and keyboardist for the Rolling Stones, Chuck Leavell, sat in with Jimmy's band on last night's show. And Fallon gave a shout-out to MNN.



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Chuck's MNN media blitz

It's been a good week for MNN in the press as cofounder Chuck Leavell hits Jimmy Fallon's show and the pages of The Daily Beast and Reuters.



  • Climate & Weather

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In the Green Room: Chuck Leavell interviews football star Ovie Mughelli

Chuck Leavell, the keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and the co-founder of MNN, interviews Ovie Mughelli, the fullback for the Atlanta Falcons about his passio




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In the Green Room: Chuck Leavell interviews rapper Ludacris

Chuck Leavell, the keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, interviews rapper Ludacris about recycling, water conservation, and his foundati



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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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A green 'We Are the World'?

Video: Using green initiatives including solar power, wind energy and biofuel technology, over 250 Georgia music industry professionals and artists wrote, produ



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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.



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Book by farmer and rocker Chuck Leavell advocates smart, green growth

"Growing a Better America" offers lessons on how the United States can keep growing without sacrificing the environment.



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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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Chuck Leavell discusses 'Doom and Gloom'

The Rolling Stones keyboardist and MNN co-founder sheds light on the band's new single, which includes a reference to hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'



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Close encounters of the presidential kind

Chuck Leavell recounts his most recent presidential run-in at the UN Climate Summit.




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Hubble snaps amazing of Mars with Siding Spring

The famed Hubble Space Telescope has captured a jaw-dropping view of a comet making an incredibly close flyby of Mars.




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What Ebola can teach astronauts about safely handling Martian samples on Earth

Measures taken in the current Ebola outbreak may hold some clues for how to handle samples brought back to Earth from Mars.




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NASA's Orion spaceship test flight is a step toward Mars

NASA is getting ready to launch a daring test flight of a capsule that could eventually bring humans to deep-space destinations like Mars or an asteroid.




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9 features on Mars mistaken for signs of alien life

Long a subject of speculation, our neighbor has yet to yield signs of life. But that hasn't kept people from imaging it's there.




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'Wanderers' beautifully envisions our life beyond Earth

A new 4-minute film casts digital humans in real extraterrestrial destinations, guided by the timeless words of Carl Sagan.




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Crater on Mars was once a lake, Curiosity rover shows

A giant crater on Mars may have been able to support microbial life for millions of years in the ancient past.




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Ancient life on Mars would've needed more than just water to survive

Ancient Mars featured flowing rivers and sizable lakes — but that doesn't mean the Red Planet definitely could have supported life.




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What does methane mean for life on Mars?

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a surprising find that could help scientists get one step closer to figuring out if Mars has ever supported life.




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Curiosity rover drills into Mars rock, finds water

NASA's Curiosity rover is continuing to help scientists piece together the mystery of how Mars lost its surface water over the course of billions of years.




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Mars microbe traces spotted? Probably not, NASA says

Intriguing features photographed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity probably don't have a biological origin, mission team members say.




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UK's Beagle 2 Mars lander found in NASA photos

The Beagle 2 Mars lander is clearly visible in new photos from NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in orbit around the Red Planet.




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NASA keeps an eye on Mars, looks toward Europa

The White House budget proposal for NASA in 2016 calls for a $500 million boost over the 2015 enacted budget and would keep NASA on its path to Mars.




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Mars One project cuts colony applicant pool to 100

One hundred people are still in the running to become humanity's first Mars explorers.




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Mysterious plumes on Mars stump scientists

A mystery is brewing on Mars: Amateur astronomers spotted enormous plumes erupting off the Red Planet's surface, leaving scientists puzzled.




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Space taxes: How will we tax a Mars colony?

Paying taxes is an inescapable reality — even in space.




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Could cosmic rays threaten Mars missions?

Mice zapped with cosmic rays can incur brain damage, suggesting that astronauts' brains could suffer over time on deep-space missions to Mars and beyond.




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NASA wants your ideas to keep astronauts safe on Mars

To prepare for future colonies on Mars, NASA is asking for ideas on how to keep Red Planet astronauts safe that require minimal resupplies from Earth.




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Hang gliders could drop probes on Mars

An innovative concept for tiny probes attached to gliders could one day allow small robots to explore intricate locales on Mars.




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Slippery slopes on Mars send Curiosity rover on detour

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found a new route to some interesting rocks after its original path proved too difficult to traverse.




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What to know about NASA's Martian 'flying saucer'

NASA aims to launch a flight test Thursday, June 4, of an innovative "flying saucer" that could help humans land on Mars in the future.




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NASA supersonic 'flying saucer' apparently fails test

NASA's huge supersonic parachute isn't ready to land astronauts on Mars just yet.




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5 ways to terraform Mars without nuclear weapons

Elon Musk says nuclear detonations on the red planet offer the quickest path to making it habitable. But what other options are there?




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Devon Island is as close to Mars as you may get

The Arctic island has a fair amount in common with the Red Planet, at least on its surface.



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NASA: Manned mission to Mars very close

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says the agency's current goal of getting astronauts to Mars in the 2030s is eminently achievable




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These 3-D printed Martian dwellings are assembled with robot labor

Having conquered both the moon and Cupertino, Sir Norman Foster eyes the Red Planet.




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How scientists are unlocking Mars' mysteries

Satellites, landers, rovers ... can a manned trip to the Red Planet be far behind?




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Why NASA can't examine Martian water

Space law prevents rovers from contaminating H2O on Mars.




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NASA wants you (if you want to go to Mars)

Want to go to space? NASA is looking to hire a few good astronauts.




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Congress clears the way for space mining

Extraterrestrial business questions about asteroids and spaceflight finally answered.




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21 great books about space

Holiday gift ideas for future astronauts and solar system aficionados.




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Why we need a planetary protection officer

Not only do we need to keep Earth safe from alien microbes, but we need to keep space safe from Earth microbes.




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Everything you need to know about ExoMars

The European Space Agency's ExoMars mission is a two-phase operation that will look for methane, ice and landing sites for future rovers.




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Why is this doctor living in lonely Antarctica?

'White Mars,' as Antarctica is known, is ideal for studying the long-term effects of isolation.




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Huge 400-foot tsunamis once washed over Mars

Several billion years ago, Mars had a vast ocean that may have harbored some giant waves.




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Can we protect astronauts from radiation?

Magnetic force fields may be the secret to deep space exploration.