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8 articles from CBC - Technology & Science News
Enbridge ordered to pay $3M for Line 3 groundwater leak
Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than $3 million US for allegedly violating state environmental law by piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline...
More climate pledges needed to avoid 'catastrophic' path, UN says
A new report shows the world is on a "catastrophic pathway" toward a hotter future unless governments make more ambitious pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the head of the United Nations said...
Faroe Islands will review regulations after record dolphin slaughter
The government of the Faroe Islands says it will review regulations governing its centuries-old tradition of hunting dolphins after graphic footage of the slaughter of a record catch of hundreds prompted an...
Hundreds of migrating songbirds crash into New York City skyscrapers
Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city's glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by a New York City Audubon volunteer's tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird...
Firefighters wrap world's largest tree to protect it from California fire
Firefighters wrapped the base of the world's largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning in California's rugged Sierra...
'We should be concerned': some voters say science funding should be top election issue
Those from the science community ask why science funding hasn't been prioritized by federal election...
Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90 days aboard space station
A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a 90-day stay aboard their nation's first space station in China's longest mission...
Activists confront Singh over NDP's environmental stance on Fairy Creek, TMX
NDP Leader Jagmeet was challenged by a small group of young environmentalists on Thursday following a media availability in Toronto over his positions on old-growth logging at Fairy Creek in B.C. and the Trans Mountain pipeline...