Biden-backed 'blue' hydrogen may pollute more than coal, study finds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : There is a form of "green" hydrogen that involves producing hydrogen from water using only renewable energy, but this option isn't explicitly chosen for funding by the infrastructure bill, which still needs to pass the Democrat-held House of Representatives.
50% : The latest IPCC report, which warned of "irreversible" impacts if emissions aren't drastically cut, identified methane, produced from oil and gas drilling and animal agriculture, as providing a huge contribution to current global heating.
49% : "This budget resolution will be a generational investment in the future of our people and our planet," said Ed Markey, a Democratic senator who helped craft the Green New Deal alongside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
48% : This means that the production of this hydrogen actually creates 20% more greenhouse gases than coal, commonly regarded the most polluting fossil fuel, when being burned for heat, and 60% more than burning diesel, according to the new paper, published in the Energy Science & Engineering journal.
38% : The large infrastructure bill passed by the US Senate and hailed by Joe Biden as a key tool to tackle the climate crisis includes billions of dollars to support a supposedly clean fuel that is potentially even more polluting than coal, new research has found.

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