Tag: BP
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Nation & World
New sources near for biofuels
Researchers are making progress in creating a biofuels process that will allow the use of tough-to-digest cellulose produced by hardy grasses that can be grown on marginal land around the world, the head of the Energy Biosciences Institute said Oct. 13 during a presentation at the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
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Nation & World
Microbes to the rescue
Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.
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Nation & World
Pondering energy’s future
Reducing dependence on foreign oil and reducing greenhouse gases are the two major challenges facing U.S. energy systems, a visiting federal energy official told a Harvard audience.
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Nation & World
Questions on an oil-dark sea
The gigantic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the catastrophe on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig will change the way corporate officials think about future risks, Harvard officials say.