There has been extensive new research in the field of waste water treatment - using organic methods rather than standard chemical treatment - in other words its now and industry that strives for waste water reduction using cheap and effective means rather than expensive chemical treatments.

It also includes making green fuels like ethanol from waste. You could extend or change the project to the life cycle of waste treatment from waste to ethanol fuel for green cars.

You could check out these sites for more information
http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/csl/pro/pro029cg_e.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091112113421.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080813164640.htm
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/10/coors_doubling_.html

What about organic solar cells - the project could include the evolution from standard chemical expensive cells and the output with new organic solar cells made from polymer ( are you doing inorganic or organic chemistry? this one is perfect for organic chemistry )

You could check out these sites for more information
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409151444.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_solar_cell
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090115164518.htm

I didn't find anything interesting in the latest magazine from IJIC but you might like the research being done on nanofibres if you like that type of chemistry
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijic/ontents.html

Personally, I'd go for environmentally significant research like the solar cells - its an industry that needs to change for the future, a lot of research is being done and some pretty big companies are involved.

Hope these help you out.
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