Environment

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The shadow of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen as she speaks Nov. 13, 2012, at University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. (Associated Press)

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Authorities respond to a report of carbon monoxide poisoning at a house on Harvest Lane in Toledo, Ohio, on Nov. 12, 2012. The bodies of three children and two adults were found inside the house's garage, and authorities said they believe the deaths — apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning — weren't accidental. (Associated Press/The Blade, Amy E. Voigt)

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A Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) truck is seen in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. More than 70,000 customers of Long Island Power Authority in New York were without electricity Monday, two weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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**FILE** Workers use heavy machinery spread sand in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, N.J. A nor'easter smacked the storm-ravaged Jersey shore a week and half after Superstorm Sandy wrecked many of its beaches, dunes and boardwalks, and left low-lying communities newly vulnerable to flooding, wind damage and power outages. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Patrons are directed away from the Long Island Railroad as service is suspended on Nov. 7, 2012, due to an approaching nor'easter sweeping the same regions hit by Superstorm Sandy more than a week ago. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** People line up with containers as they wait in line to get gas at a Hess station in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Nov. 8, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that led to gas hoarding prompted New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this aerial photograph, heavy equipment pushes sand to restore a barrier dune along the Atlantic Ocean in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, N.J., on Nov. 9, 2012, after the region was pounded by Superstorm Sandy the previous week. (Associated Press)

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A women passes accumulated garbage in the Al-Bohout area of Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 10, 2012. Due to heavy fighting and shelling, the garbage collection system collapsed weeks before. (Associated Press)

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An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China, puts the final touches on the attraction ICE! featuring DreamWorks Shrek the Halls at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Artisan ice sculptors from Harbin, China, put the final touches on the attraction ICE! featuring DreamWorks Shrek the Halls at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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An ice pick rests atop a block of ice as the artisan ice sculptors from Harbin, China, put the final touches on the attraction ICE! featuring DreamWorks Shrek the Halls at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China, puts the final touches on a ice sculpture of Shrek at the attraction ICE! featuring DreamWorks Shrek the Halls at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Ice sculptures from the Shrek movies are seen under colorful lights in a room temperature of nine degrees, as the artisan ice sculptors from Harbin, China, put the final touches on the attraction ICE! featuring DreamWorks Shrek the Halls at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)