VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada - The first trilateral framework agreement on energy science and technology was inked Monday by the energy ministers for Canada, Mexico and the United States. The compact is designed to stimulate innovation and to share and help build energy capacity in all three countries.

BOULDER, Colorado -- Sea level rise this century may be greater than previously thought, posing risks to hundreds of millions of people who live close to the world's oceans, concludes a new study of ice loss from glaciers and ice caps.

WASHINGTON, DC - President George W. Bush welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Oval Office today to discuss climate change, issues concerning Darfur, plans for an upcoming Middle East conference, and also United Nation plans in Afghanistan and Iraq.

PARIS, France - Investment capital flowing into renewable energies such as wind power climbed from $80 billion in 2005 to a record $100 billion in 2006, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme, UNEP. The trend analysis cites climate change concerns, increasing government support, and high oil prices as reasons for the boom.

ATLANTA, Georgia - Researchers have identified a group of bacteria that can detoxify a common type of polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs. These carcinogenic compounds, once used as coolants and lubricants, have contaminated more than 250 U.S. sites, including lake and river sediments.

A CUTTING-edge biomedical waste disposal system that if implemented would make the existing inefficient hospital waste incinerators obsolete, is awaiting a nod from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for over a year now.

GENEVA - The Yangtze River gets more than half of China's industrial waste and sewage. Europe's Danube has lost most of its surrounding wetlands. And the Rio Grande has become so shallow that salt water is seeping in, bringing ocean fish that threaten freshwater species.