It is likely that all refineries in Canada and the United States are seriously undercounting emissions because they follow an estimating protocol developed by the American Petroleum Institute and the US EPA.

Moves to dispose of hundreds of tons of harmful insecticides and pesticides that were buried as a temporary measure in the 1970s remain on hold because of bureaucratic inertia and funding shortages.

Western companies are pushing to acquire vast stretches of African land to meet the world's biofuel needs. Local farmers and governments are being showered with promises.

The pristine Lofoten Islands off Norway's far north paint an idyllic image of tranquility, but beneath the surface is a roiling debate over the islands' resources, dividing fishermen, environmentalists and oil companies.

The nuclear waste scandal involving leaky drums of "radioactive liquor" at a storage facility in a German salt mine called Asse II keeps growing. Commentators see consequences not just for some federal politicians, but also for Germany's ongoing nuclear debate.

The chemical is BPA or bisphenol A. Most of the research up to now has been in mice and rats. This latest study was done in monkeys and indicated possible brain damage at low amounts.

The Montreal Protocol rescued the ozone layer, but also prevented drastic regional climate changes.

Climate change is now a threat to the wine industry in Spain and a challenge for wine makers worldwide. Wine makers, like Miguel Torres, are starting to take the threat very seriously.

In 2005 and 2006, winds off of Africa contained large amounts of dust, which scientists say may have dampened storms in the Atlantic Ocean. But this year, the air is clear and powerful storms are lining up to strike the U.S.

Some scientists think climate change needs a more radical approach. Along with trying to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, they have plans to re-engineer the Earth.

The supreme prophet of Canada's environmental movement, David Suzuki, seems to be lowering his sights with a self-help book on how to reduce, reuse and recycle - even though 'I know we're heading straight over the cliff.'

Pollution controls protecting tributaries to the Santa Cruz River hinge on the outcome of the continuing debate over whether the river is navigable.

State experts have identified seven pesticides in Oregon groundwater or streams that could pose a risk to human or environmental health.

Harriet McFeely believes exposure to formaldehyde gas in her Hastings modular home is responsible for the death of four pets and health problems she and her family have dealt with over the years.

The CDC estimates there are 76 million cases of food-borne disease in the United States annually. The vast majority of people experience it only as an unpleasant bout of diarrhea or abdominal pain, though an estimated 5,000 to 9,000 Americans die each year from food poisoning.

New versions of the incurable brain disease variant CJD could emerge "with dramatic effects," according to a study by a leading expert.

The varicella vaccine has worked so well that some parents no longer view the disease as a health threat. It is. Chickenpox outbreaks tend to start with unvaccinated kids--who put even immunized kids at risk of getting the disease.

Treating low-income mothers for depression, stress and anxiety could help combat the childhood obesity epidemic and reduce the number of teenagers developing type 2 diabetes and heart problems, a study has found.

Canadian researchers say levels of a telltale protein in cattle urine may be the path to a bovine spongiform encephalopathy test for live cattle.

Remote Asian villages are among the few places still to have the ancient seed types crucial to keeping ourselves fed by adapting vulnerable essential crops to withstand the rigours of warming temperatures, new pests and diseases.