In this file photo released by the National Park Service, flames race through a stand of trees in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on June 21, 1988. There's been a growing number of large western wildfires in recent years, and researchers say it may be a result of global warming. In research supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Forest Service and the California Energy Commission released Thursday, July 6, 2006, data going back to 1970 indicates the fires increased "suddenly and dramatically" in the 1980s. And scientists in Arizona and California say the wildfire season grew longer. (AP Photo/National Park Service)
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow speaks at a news conference after G8 finance ministers' meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 10, 2006. Finance ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations said Saturday in a draft communique that global growth is strong, but warned of dangers posed by high energy prices and economic imbalances. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows Hong Kong's Sai Wan War Cemetery where the World War II defenders of the then British colony are buried. It is part of a global patchwork of graveyards, carefully tended and managed from London, that constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows Hong Kong's Sai Wan War Cemetery where the World War II defenders of the then British colony are buried. It is part of a global patchwork of graveyards, carefully tended and managed from London, that constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
In this photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, gardeners rest among gravestones in a military cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows graves in a military cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows a gardener tending flower beds in a military cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
In this photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, leafy oak trees guard the graves of 217 members of the Native Military Corps, a black volunteer contingent during World War II, in the isolated Palmietkkuil near Springs, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo from a derelict cottage, shows leafy oak trees surrounding the graves of 217 members of the Native Military Corps, a black volunteer contingent during World War II, in the isolated Palmietkkuil near Springs, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows Hong Kong's Sai Wan War Cemetery where the World War II defenders of the then British colony are buried. It is part of a global patchwork of graveyards, carefully tended and managed from London, that constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows Hong Kong's Sai Wan War Cemetery where the World War II defenders of the then British colony are buried. It is part of a global patchwork of graveyards, carefully tended and managed from London, that constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
In this photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, gardeners rest among gravestones in a military cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows graves in a military cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo shows a gardener tending flower beds in a military cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
In this photo taken Oct. 28, 2009, leafy oak trees guard the graves of 217 members of the Native Military Corps, a black volunteer contingent during World War II, in the isolated Palmietkkuil near Springs, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
This Oct. 28, 2009 photo from a derelict cottage, shows leafy oak trees surrounding the graves of 217 members of the Native Military Corps, a black volunteer contingent during World War II, in the isolated Palmietkkuil near Springs, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport; a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage
FILE -- In this Dec. 10, 2008 file photo, actor Mel Gibson attends the 9th Annual Global Green Design Awards in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
Simon Zuurbier comments on plans for underground storage of CO2 in Barendrecht, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The people of the small Dutch town of Barendrecht are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The facility where plans for the underground storage of CO2 in Barendrecht, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The people of the small Dutch town of Barendrecht are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Simon Zuurbier comments on plans for underground storage of CO2 in Barendrecht, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The people of the small Dutch town of Barendrecht are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The facility where plans for the underground storage of CO2 in Barendrecht, Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The people of the small Dutch town of Barendrecht are not against pumping tons of carbon dioxide into the ground to fight global warming (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick addresses a dialogue on the state of the global economy at the APEC CEO Summit in Singapore, Friday, Nov.13, 2009. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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