Kent Harrington

Almost since he began studying chemical engineering, George Huber, UMass Amherst professor of chemical and biological engineering, has had an ambitious vision: to make all the same fuels and chemicals from biomass that we make today from crude oil.

Worldwide, approximately 1.6 billion people have no access to electricity and another 1 billion have extremely unreliable access. Many of the poor are forced to depend on kerosene lanterns. Hear about one man's solar solution to this problem in the accompanying video.

How does a small Australian algae startup end up partnering with global giant Lufthansa to build a state-of-the-art bio jetfuel plant?

An oil field in the Netherlands, idle since 1996, was reopened using new enhanced oil recovery technology that allows 120 million more barrels to be extracted. Check out this video to hear more about how this technology is bringing life to a previously exhausted oil field.

Drilling in only 200 feet of water, Shell began boring a new top well in the Chukchi Sea about 70 miles off of Alaska.

A new fuel mixture has been developed to cut air pollution from cruise ships, oil tankers, and container ships burning traditional bunker oil, the cheapest and most highly polluting form of diesel fuel.

2.5 billion of the world's poor are forced into unsanitary conditions for lack of water. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants to end that. Say hello to the waterless toilet that turns waste into useable resources for five cents per user per day.