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Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Clean hydrogen energy revolution is being hijacked by corporate greed, crony deals, and political shortsightedness

The promise of hydrogen as a clean energy panacea has never burned brighter. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences lays out a roadmap for how hydrogen—specifically, hydrogen derived from biomass (Bio-H?)—could slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 1.7 billion metric tons between 2025 and 2050. That’s the equivalent of taking 370 million gas-powered cars off the road for a year.

However, the window to make this work is slamming shut, thanks to a perfect storm of political backpedaling, corporate greed, and a stubborn refusal to learn from the past. The recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a piece of legislation that reads like a love letter to the fossil fuel industry—has pulled the rug out from under the most promising clean hydrogen incentives just as they were gaining traction. Meanwhile, the industries that stand to profit most from business-as-usual are already positioning themselves to control the narrative, the technology, and, ultimately, the transition....<<<Read More>>>...