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Unraveling LA’s Hydrogen Combustion Experiment

Legal Planet

This is partly because hydrogen production is energy inefficient and––when derived from fossil fuels––still a significant source of carbon emissions. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future. Inefficient end uses for hydrogen can further exacerbate this problem.

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Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. EN: First, why are these new standards such a big deal?