Tag: BP

  • Science & Tech

    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.

  • Science & Tech

    Deep water, deep trouble

    Two insiders view the BP oil spill as a failure of management — but also as an incident that revealed deep regulatory and safety failures.

  • Science & Tech

    Microbes to the rescue

    Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.

  • Science & Tech

    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.

  • 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.