Those Oklahoma leaders who sought government funding under the Biden administration to develop a regional hydrogen hub with Louisiana and Arkansas might be thankful they didn’t get it. Because after cutting more than $2 billion from 7 hydrogen hubs on the West Coast last week, the U.S. Energy Department reportedly has plans to cut more from hubs in Texas, two in the Midwest, Appalachia and the mid-Atlantic.
E&E News reported it remains unclear whether the entire $24 billion in awards will be slashed but it says a new Energy Department list suggests such a possibility exists.
It has some Republican leaders worried and wondering. “Yeah, I’m worried,” Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito told E&E News when asked about the possibility of losing funding for West Virginia’s hydrogen hub. “It’s a big deal for us.”
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