JUST SOLUTIONS: Hydrogen Energy- A Critical Review to Ensure Community and Climate Benefits

The DOE, now with $7 billion in federal funding, is in the planning phase of its hydrogen hub pilot program. It is critical that communities are engaged from this point on in the development of hydrogen energy projects in their neighborhoods.  We brought together leading community experts from each location and they created this comprehensive and useful report to inform those discussions.

Through a hydrogen production tax credit with a $100 billion price tag (over the next decade), and GHG standards for fossil fuel power plants encouraging combustion of “low GHG” hydrogen (the Clean Air Act rule),  the federal government has propelled an increase in demand as a part of their overall agenda to increase hydrogen production by 5 times by 2050.

The Hydrogen EJ Framework is a tool that helps define what is needed to ensure that hydrogen energy production engages in equitable practices and advances environmental justice in the communities where hydrogen energy facilities will be located. This resource for BIPOC frontline groups will support their ability to stop false solutions from disturbing communities that will be impacted by hydrogen energy production.

Corporations need to be transparent and inform communities about their technology and practices.