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We take on many of the biggest environmental and health challenges of our time and stick with them. The law makes change.
Because the earth needs a good lawyer.
Earthjustice goes to court for our planet. We’re here because the earth needs a good lawyer.
What’s happening: The federal government just awarded over $44 million — the first part of a potentially $2.2 billion award — in funding across two “hydrogen hubs” in the Midwest and the Gulf. Seven total hydrogen hubs have been proposed across the country, which could receive a combined total of $7 billion in federal funding. Earthjustice and our partners are raising concerns about the Midwest hub and others like it, which haven’t meaningfully engaged frontline communities or provided transparent plans for producing truly clean hydrogen.
Why it matters: Hydrogen hubs can pose a major threat to the climate and public health, especially if they perpetuate the use of fossil fuels. As the incoming Trump administration prepares to take office, one of our top priorities is fighting to ensure communities are protected from pollution. It’s critical that the federal government only fund hydrogen hub projects that produce truly clean hydrogen, powered by new clean energy sources, and use hydrogen in only hard-to-decarbonize sectors. Our climate progress depends on getting this right. Read our guide for communities to learn more about the hubs program and how to get engaged.
Hydrogen can be used as a fuel, and unlike fossil fuels, does not create carbon emissions when it is burned. But pure hydrogen is not naturally occurring on Earth and is produced by an extremely energy-intensive process that uses more energy than it produces. A major challenge is figuring out how to produce hydrogen cleanly.
Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub (PNWH2)
Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub (HyVelocity H2Hub)
Earthjustice, Just Transition Northwest Indiana, Chicago Southeast Environmental Task Force, and other community partners hosted a rally in Northwest Indiana’s industrial corridor near Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 16 to demand that taxpayer dollars go to truly clean hydrogen projects—not dirty hydrogen projects like BP’s in the Midwest Hub—and that the Hubs address community concerns.
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