Environment

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Women wait as rescuers work to save people from debris of their collapsed buildings in Ercis, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. More than 200 people were killed after a powerful quake struck in eastern Turkey with dozens of people are still trapped in debris, but authorities hope the death toll may not rise as high as initially feared. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Rescue workers evacuate a victim after pulling her from earthquake rubble in the town of Ercis in Van province, Turkey. The 7.2-magnitude quake Sunday killed an estimated 300 people in eastern Turkey. (Associated Press)

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Monday said that his declaration of a fiscal emergency in the debt-ridden state capital, Harrisburg, “ensures that vital services will continue and public safety will be protected.” (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Argentine President Cristina Fernandez flashes a victory sign while celebrating her re-election with supporters in Buenos Aires on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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People walk by the debris of collapsed buildings in Ercis, Turkey, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake the day before. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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In a growing effort by farmers to help bees thrive, (from right) Nikiko Masumoto, Mace Vaughan of the Xerces Society and naturalist Steve Haze plant native shrubs that are attractive to bees at the Masumoto farm in Del Rey, Calif. (Associated Press)

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An undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium shows the scientific satellite ROSAT, which entered the Earth's atmosphere between 9:45 and 10:15 p.m. EDT Saturday and would have taken only 10 or 15 minutes to hit the ground. (AP Photo/EADS Astrium)

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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez appears at her closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Rescuers look for people trapped under debris in Tabanli village near the city of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Anatolia, Abdurrahman Antakyali)

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Workers ride on their vehicle through a flooded road in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Thailand's catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Saturday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray Oct. 20, 2011, surveys damage to the Washington National Cathedral from the Aug. 23 earthquake (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Carcasses are scattered on the ground at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Sheriff's deputies shot 48 animals, including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions, after Terry Thompson, owner of the private farm, threw their cages open Tuesday and then committed suicide. (Associated Press)

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A stuffed animal with a sympathy card attached hangs from the locked gate at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio, on Thursday. The owner of the farm released dozens of tigers, lions and others beasts.

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Host Ty Pennington and the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" crew's latest project is to build seven homes in seven days in Joplin, Mo. The community was devastated by a May 22 tornado that killed 162 people. (Waterloo Courier via Associated Press)

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Gray Ghost Vineyards rewards volunteer workers with a 15 percent discount on wine along with lunch and T-shirts. (Steve Hay/Special to The Washington Times)

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Some of the grapes from Gray Ghost Vineyards have started to rot on the vine. (Steve Hay/Special to The Washington Times)

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North Korean farmers walk along a road through a farm field outside the eastern coastal city of Wonsan. This autumn, as farmers fan out into fields of corn, wheat, rice and cabbage, such pastoral scenes obscure the problems that the communist state has adequately feeding its people, especially the children. (Associated Press)