California Lawmaker Scales Back Green Hydrogen Bill In Face Of Concerns

A California state senator has been forced to scale back her legislation that aims to boost the use of “green hydrogen” as a zero-emissions fuel in the face of concerns from environmentalists and some Democratic lawmakers that it would allow some higher-carbon sources to meet the bill’s requirements. In addition, legislative staff say the sponsors of SB 18 have unrealistic expectations about prospects for speedy large-scale hydrogen production, meaning some of the bill’s original mandates would likely be difficult to...