Toronto

The Toronto Zoo wants to use the manure produced by its animals to generate its electricity, which seems like a perfect scenario for a zoo. The problem is the biogas electricity plant would cost CDN $13 million (US $10.5 million), a sum of money the zoo doesn't have.

Hal Neidzviecki in the New York Times:

Toronto, Canada's Electrovaya and Mumbai, India's Tata Motors have teamed up on an electric version of Tata's Indica hatchback, which we previously announced would be electrified for the European market within 2009. The car is designed to be a direct competitor to traditional internal-combustion engine models, and will be rolled out in Norway in 2009 and India in 2010.

National Public Radio, already strong online with free downloads from many of its shows, is boosting its digital ambitions with Monday's introduction of social-networking features akin to Facebook.

NPR also plans to overhaul its Web site and expand the tools for sharing its programs elsewhere over the next few months. And it is working to increase the flexibility of its popular "podcasts," audio downloads that have tripled in usage over the past two years.

In my article about the Chevy Volt yesterday, I took one moment out of the praise to discuss the emissions profile of electric vehicles. Because electric cars use energy produced mostly by coal fired power plants, the miles they then travel are responsible for the emissions of those plants.

It’s not on the market yet, but when Popular Science Magazine has the UnoCycle on the cover as one of its top 10 inventions of the year, this machine is one to watch.

A Toronto company called Yangaroo  has developed a new software that will didistribute music through the Internet. What's that you say? That's arleady being done?
Well, yes and no. As anyone who works in newsrooms or radio stations know, CDs are still being delivered by the dozens every day for reviews and previews.

The Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, an exhibition hall hosting shows of all types announced a while back that they have planned to turn the centre into a model of environmental sustainability, and at just over 800,000 square feet of exhibition space, that’s no small feat.