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Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

Union of Concerned Scientists

But hydrogen can be cleanly produced and, with the right guardrails in place, that clean hydrogen can then be used to clean up polluting parts of the economy that can’t readily convert to running on renewable electricity. Otherwise, hydrogen will slow the clean energy transition, not speed it. the “three pillars”).

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UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS supports Treasury’s proposed temporal-matching requirement, with a phase-in of hourly matching by 2028 with no exemptions for legacy producers. This is the starting point from which all of Treasury’s implementation decisions must follow. Hourly matching.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief Amid Trump Transition to Support EPA’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Standards 

Law Columbia

EPA , 24 states and industry groups challenged the HDV Rule, which revises the greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, model year 2027, and sets new standards to lower greenhouse gas emissions from model years 2028-2032.

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Oil and Gas Industry’s Mating Call Strikes a Sour Note 

Union of Concerned Scientists

API’s Anti-Environment Entreaties Fight clean cars. API’s first policy proposal is repealing rules designed to support the shift to electric vehicles that the oil and gas industry has fought for decades. Here’s a breakdown of the roadmap’s requests along with an explanation of how they would roll back environmental progress.

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

ESA

National Science Board: The nomination period is open for the 2022-2028 class of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation. FERC – Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability – Technical Conference (June 1 & 2). EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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