Equip yourself on how to talk with others about climate change and care for our home – Sister Mother Earth.

                                    March 2024

The fossil fuel industry champions hydrogen as a clean energy solution, but the truth is that hydrogen is most often produced from methane gas. Hydrogen production contributes more climate pollution today than the entire nation of Germany. Subsidies for dirty hydrogen projects threaten to lock in more fossil fuel production and increase climate and health-harming pollution. 

The Inflation Reduction Act unleashed an unprecedented amount of money for hydrogen tax credits. Oil and gas giants and other companies with schemes for making dirty hydrogen are vying for these subsidies. Decisions that the Biden administration makes in the next few months will determine whether that money exacerbates the climate crisis or not. 

This is why we were relieved that the Biden administration’s new guidance for which types of hydrogen facilities are eligible for tax credits recognizes the real impacts of producing hydrogen. The guidance is deliberate in encouraging truly clean hydrogen – but we need to make sure it stays that way.  

We have a chance to give public comment on how the Treasury Department will use our tax dollars to support this growing industry – send a message today.