Kent Harrington
Kent is a videographer and professional storyteller. He regularly blogs for AIChE on ChEnected. See his latest posts below. You can also follow Kent on twitter @harringtonkent.
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Long-Range Electric Poised to Banish Diesel Buses
A new electric bus has clocked 600 miles on one charge in track testing, and its makers are ready to rid the country of diesel buses.
Partners LanzaTech and Virgin Atlantic Make Jet Fuel from Waste Gases
Low carbon jet fuel just got a big boost.
Pollution Hotspot London Uses Electric Buses to Fight Smog
London's new mayor Sadiq Khan just put fifty electric buses on the streets to help shrink a toxic cloud blighting one of Europe's most magisterial cities.
Drought-Stricken Southern California Survives by Drinking Recycled Wastewater
Most people who live outside California don’t know that a large part of the state was originally a desert, and without water, it will revert back to desert.
Novel Wastewater Treatment Is New "It" Technology at Stanford
Can a balding, late-middle-aged researcher who's hawking a still-uncommercialized technology transform America's aging fleet of aerobic waste treatment plants?
Two Major Water Contamination Mysteries Solved
Few of her peers were surprised when Professor Joan Rose received 2016's Stockholm Water Prize in Geneva last March, which celebrated her career sleuthing, identifying, and eliminating dan
Michael Liebreich Says Electric Vehicles Are a Global Revolution Sitting in Your Garage
Michael Liebreich, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, has tracked surging global renewable energy investments for over a decade.
Hawaii's Fossil-Fuel Reduction Signals Global Energy Trend
After Hawaii killed a deal that included a new LNG import facility and its conjoined twin, a natural gas power plant; and a leading Canadian tar sands producer, Suncor Energy, voluntarily decided t
Will New Biofuels Help Decarbonize Aviation and Shipping?
It's all hands on deck for the monumental task of decarbonizing the world energy system, and some speculate that may take a decade shy of the next century before it's complete, if ever.
Should Business Promote a Circular Economy to Save the Planet?
What is the "true north of capitalism?" It's a vital question asked by the film Circularity: Preparing for the New Economy.
Frackers in Permian Basin Upset Saudi Dominance
Once formidable, OPEC is taking a beating from US shale drillers two years after Saudi Arabia flooded the world with cheap crude trying to knock the upstarts out of the oil business.
Elon Musk Opens Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory
Two weeks ago reporters and fans joined Elon Musk and chief technical officer J.B.
Worldwide Electric-Car Charging Network Ramps Up
As new electric vehicles (EVs) begin to flood the world's roads and highways, sold by a global who's-who of traditional car makers, it's important to remember that Nissan was the first
Truck Platooning Convoys Make First Trip Across Europe, Saving Diesel Fuel
Every tailgating long-distance trucker knows that slip-streaming behind another big rig — a driving skill perfected on NASCAR tracks — can boost the bottom line by saving expensive fuel
Engineer Making Waste Heat a Major Power Source
Matt Scullin plans to corner a big chunk of the energy market. He's not an oil or gas guy, or a renewables guy.