Today the European Commission is presenting its Hydrogen strategy. It aims to contribute to the European Green Deal (EGD), and “to help the EU recover from COVID-19’s economic impact”.
But while officially prioritising green hydrogen (made of renewable energy), the Hydrogen strategy keeps the door firmly open to hydrogen made with fossil fuels. Meanwhile scientists tell us that the climate emergency requires us to leave fossil fuels in the ground, and that includes gas, which is as bad as any other fossil fuel. We simply do not have time for more dangerous distractions.
So why is the Hydrogen Strategy, and more worryingly, the European Green Deal – the EU's major new plan that seeks to make its economy 'climate-neutral' – courting fossil gas?
