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Why more cities need to add up the economic value of trees

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imageNot just a way to beat the heat, urban forests also reduce air pollution and provide other services for the economy. kiddocone/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Your parents were wrong: money does grow on trees.

Cities routinely rake up tens of millions of dollars from their urban forests annually in ways that are not always obvious. Leafy canopies lower summer...

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