Students at the 2012 Washington Green Schools summit.

In Bellingham, retired railway conductor Don Frenzel addresses an environmental scoping panel, from left: Randel Perry, Tyler Schroeder, Alice Kelly.

Despite Hurricane Sandy's force, some Staten Island areas suffered relatively little damage.

Hurricane Sandy hammers a wharf in Marblehead, MA.

Author and anti-GMO activist Jeffrey Smith

A tsunami hazard warning on the Oregon Coast.

The Northwest could increase the traffic from Capesize ships, the world's largest, from coal and bitumen exports. This graphic shows a Capesize ship in relation of the largest class of Washington...

The distribution of phone books has been targeted by environmentalists and others in much of the world: This Flickr photo from Australia has a caption mocking paper phone books.

Solar panels do double duty in Las Vegas, generating power and providing shade to cars in a parking lot.

Climbers uncover ancient bones in Liesl Clark's 'Cave People of the Himalaya.'

Chasing Ice director Jeff Orlowski.

A large oyster at Dabob Bay.

Butcher Russell Flint of Rainshadow Meats (front) and Bruce Aidells (back) lead a goat fabrication demonstration at the Chefs Collaborative National Summit

Jellyfish don't build calcium carbonate shells, so they may thrive in acidifying seas.

Trees on a Seattle street.