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Hydrogen lobbyist quits, slams oil companies’ “false claims” about blue hydrogen

A hydrogen filling station. (credit: Peter Gercke/picture alliance via Getty Images) The head of a hydrogen lobbying group has stepped down amid concerns that blue hydrogen made from natural gas would serve as a “lock-in” for fossil fuels. Oil and gas companies in recent years have been touting the purported advantages of hydrogen made from […]

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“Blue” hydrogen pushed by gas companies harms climate more than coal, study says

Enlarge / A Hyundai Nexo patrol car at a hydrogen filling station in Lower Saxony, Germany. (credit: Friso Gentsch/picture alliance ) Gas companies and utilities are in a pickle. Their entire business model relies on the extraction, transport, and combustion of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases known to humankind. With many countries […]