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14 articles from CBC - Technology & Science News
Energy efficiency is key to climate action, but which provinces are leading the way?
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at a new scorecard on how provinces are doing on energy efficiency and which countries produce the most lithium, a key ingredient in the zero-carbon...
Climate change poses risk to financial system, Bank of Canada governor says
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the institution is developing new models to try and understand the significant consequences climate change could have on financial...
Aiming for greener gigs, Coldplay won't tour new album
British band Coldplay will not tour to promote their new album, but are working on how to make their gigs environmentally sustainable, lead singer Chris Martin...
Amnesty International calls Facebook, Google rights abusers
Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the world's dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is "predicated on human rights...
Trial begins for Saskatoon woman charged with trafficking bear parts
According to evidence unearthed by undercover conservation officers, illegal Saskatchewan bear parts may have been sent as far as...
Sudbury doctor trying to curb greenhouse gas emissions in the operating room
A Sudbury doctor is pushing for a way to help hospitals curb their greenhouse gas emissions — and it starts in the operating...
'It's kind of scary': UWindsor researchers underscore academic lab safety concerns
Injuries or deaths that happen in academic science labs sometimes go unreported and there's little comprehensive data to analyze trends, according to a new study from researchers at the University of...
Why Atlantic Canada's lucrative seafood industry is concerned about Elizabeth Warren
Canada is defending measures it has taken to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, as political pressure — and blame — mounts from the United States in the wake of a rash whale deaths in Canadian waters in...
'This is effectively adding another major pipeline': How more oil will be exported from Alberta
Export pipelines out of Western Canada are running at full capacity and now, operators are finding ways to squeeze more oil through those...
Huge pro-India fake news network includes Canadian sites, links to Canadian think tanks
A huge international network of fake local news sites that push a pro-Indian government position internationally has a deep Canadian connection, CBC News has learned. Some of the sites pose as Canadian news...
New public safety minister says Huawei 5G review 'a priority' but offers no timeline
Bill Blair’s promotion to public safety minister is receiving mixed reviews, with some observers saying they're worried the former police chief’s appointment signals a shift away from national security...
Victim of revenge porn sues ex-lover, testing Saskatchewan's new privacy law
A Saskatchewan woman has filed a civil suit against her ex-lover, Daylan Heidel, seeking compensation for harm allegedly inflicted on her when he shared intimate images without her...
Who determines what's hate? A Canadian firm uses technology to decide
Toronto firm Hatebase has built a 3,600-word hate speech lexicon, digging through the web for potentially hateful messages, which are then flagged to NGOs and social media companies. It has attracted big-name partners around the world, but the practice has led to concerns from free-speech...
Engineers create a toilet bowl coating so slippery that 'human waste can't stick to it'
Tak-Sing Wong and his team of mechanical engineers at Penn State have created a new coating that makes toilet bowls so slippery, almost nothing sticks — including, and especially, human...