Environment

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Luna, a beagle, is tied to a tree near her makeshift house at an evacuee center, Thursday, March 24, 2011, in Fukushima, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Japan, famous for drilling its citizens on how to prepare for all manner of natural disasters, has done far less to prepare those who live near its many nuclear reactors for emergencies. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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South Korea's rocket lifts off from its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hak)

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A child laughs as she passes by a smog-shrouded residential district in Beijing on Jan. 29, 2013. Extremely high pollution levels shrouded eastern China for the second time in about two weeks, forcing airlines in Beijing and elsewhere to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting government warnings for residents to stay indoors. (Associated Press)

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Smog from an inversion hangs over the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 23, 2013, in Salt Lake City. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has singled out the greater Salt Lake region as having the nation's worst air for much of January, when an icy fog smothers mountain valleys for days or weeks at a time and traps lung-busting soot. (Associated Press)

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"It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says. "We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. I'm here to say we've had enough of that." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This aerial photo from Jan. 18, 2013, shows homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Fire Island, N.Y. (Associated Press)

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This image from June 6, 2008, provided by General Motors shows an illustration of all-around collision warning in a driverless vehicle. The possibility of driverless cars are leaving a growing number of technologists and economists to wonder what happens to the millions of people who make a living driving cars and trucks. (Associated Press)