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Texas Energy Companies Are Betting Hydrogen Can Become a Cleaner Fuel for Transportation

Inside Climate News · By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune · last updated
Supporters say developing hydrogen as a fuel is critical to slowing climate change. Critics are concerned that producing it with fossil fuels will prop up the oil and gas industry.

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Hydrogen, long seen as a theoretical if not practical alternative to petroleum-based transportation fuels, is once again having a day in the sun as industries promote “green hydrogen,” produced using renewable resources.

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