Environment

Philippines_Climate_Change.sff.jpg

Greenpeace activists wave windsocks as they campaign for the use of renewable energy Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. The Filipino activists called on President Benigno Aquino III to commit to 50 percent renewable energy by 2020 as one of the solutions to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

TREE.jpg

First lady Michelle Obama stands with daughters Malia and Sasha as she receives the official White House Christmas tree, a Douglas Fir from the Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Leighton, Pa., at the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

RUSSIA.jpg

** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, clinks glasses with officials during a signing of trilateral agreement before the opening of the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Russia, Japan and China signed an agreement to build a chemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

20101126-063630-pic-124925497.jpg

Beazer Homes is building 141 town homes at Greenfield at Collegiate Acres in Hagerstown. The Morgan model home has 1,804 finished square feet, with base prices from $165,990.

20101126-063326-pic-902717159.jpg

The Dylan model at Lee Square is an upper-level condominium with two finished levels, including an open center-island kitchen, family room and breakfast room on the main living level. It has 2,600 square feet and is priced from $229,990.

South_Korea_Koreas_Cl_Live.jpg

A South Korean marine helps a woman disembark from a ferry ship Thursday as she returns to her home on Yeonpyeong Island. South Korea's president vowed to boost troops on the island targeted by a North Korean artillery barrage, while the North stridently warned of additional attacks if the South carries out any "reckless military provocations." (Associated Press)

South Korea Koreas Cl_Thir.jpg

South Korean marines collect an unexploded shell fired from North Korea into a straw bag on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Ji-ho)

South_Korea_Koreas_Clash#24.JPG

Destroyed houses are evident from the air Wednesday on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. Officials say they found the burned bodies of two islanders killed in the North Korean artillery attack, marking the first two civilian deaths in the crisis. (Associated Press/Yonhap)

South_Korea_Koreas_Clash#27.JPG

An unidentified relative of Seo Jeong-woo, a South Korean marine killed on Yeonpyeong Island by North Korea's artillery attack, weeps during a memorial service at a military hospital Wednesday. (Associated Press)

APTOPIX_Cadmium_Lead_Glassware.sff.jpg

This Sept. 9, 2010 photo shows an Olympus Innov-X Delta Handheld XRF Analyzer testing glassware decorated with a Ronald McDonald character for cadmium, lead and other toxic elements in Los Angeles. The device is used for the analysis of environmental, geological, biological, industrial and other samples. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Climate_Siberian_Meltdown.sff.jpg

In this Oct. 26, 2010 photo, a tiny chapel is seen on the grounds of the Northeast Science Station near the town of Chersky in Siberia 6,600 kms (4,000 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Gas locked inside Siberia's frozen soil and under its lakes has been seeping out since the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. But in the last few decades, as the Earth has gradually warmed, the icy ground has begun thawing more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane _ a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide _ at a perilous rate. (AP Photo/Arthur Max)

Australia_France_Sharks.sff.jpg

FILE - In this undated photo released by the Australian Customs Service on April 5, 2006, an officer holds drying shark fins found on a suspected illegal fishing boat in the waters off Cape Wessel in the Northern Territory of Australia. Sharks are in trouble, and scientists say the world has a chance to protect them by setting Atlantic catch limits at international conservation conference this week in Paris. While fishing is tightly regulated, there are almost no rules when it comes to catching sharks, scientists say. (AP Photo/Australian Customs Service, HO)

Bangladesh_Wildlife.sff.jpg

A tiger sleeps inside an enclosure at the zoo in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Bangladesh has approved a law that sets jail terms of up to 12 years for deliberately killing tigers and other endangered wild animals, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)

Russia_.sff.jpg

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the International Tiger Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild have signed a declaration aimed at saving the iconic big cats from extinction. Russia is home to Siberian tigers, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted the "tiger summit." (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

APTOPIX_Russia_Saving_Tiger.sff.jpg

President of the World Bank, Robert B. Zoellick attends the International Tiger Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild have signed a declaration aimed at saving the iconic big cats from extinction. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

APTOPIX_Russia_Saving_Tiger_.sff.jpg

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, center, prior to his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. The Chinese Prime Minister will be taking part in the International Tiger Forum. Demand in China poses the greatest threat to tigers in the wild and organized crime runs the illicit trade in the world's largest felines, international experts said. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Britain_Vaudeville.sff.jpg

U.S. actor Matthew Fox, right, and British actress Olivia Williams pose for the media during the launch of the new play 'In a Forest, Dark and Deep' at the Vaudeville theatre in London, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. The production is a dark comedy of sibling rivalry that escalates into a psychological thriller. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)