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Truly clean hydrogen is desperately needed: Will an ISO Standard help or hinder its climate potential?

By EDF Blogs / Published: September 19, 2025

The first international hydrogen standard is poised to shape national hydrogen policies, but in its current form it overlooks critical science on electricity sourcing, methane leakage and hydrogen’s own warming impacts — risking the credibility of clean hydrogen as a true climate solution.
To ensure hydrogen delivers real climate benefits and advances COP30’s clean energy transition goals, the hydrogen standard should include robust, science-based guardrails.

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By EDF Blogs / Published: August 13, 2025

Hydrogen blending is a poor choice for Illinois’s gas pipelines as 70% of the energy content would be lost before it reaches buildings, making direct electrification with renewable energy and efficient heat pumps a far better option.
A 20% hydrogen blend would reduce emissions from gas-heated buildings by only 5% while consuming nearly 8 times more electricity than efficient heat pumps.

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By EDF Blogs / Published: July 24, 2025

The Colorado PUC is developing advanced leak detection & repair standards for pipelines – they should adopt comprehensive standards to address safety and environmental protection across the state’s extensive network of gas pipelines.
Strong pipeline leak detection and repair standards will improve community safety, help Colorado meet its climate goals and potentially inspire other states’ leaders and agencies to take action.

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By EDF Blogs / Published: July 22, 2025

Heat pumps can offer significant winter heating savings for 82% of MA homes if outdated electric rates are reformed.
Current MA electric rates hinder climate goals and discourage heat pump adoption; “2.0 rates” are urgently needed.

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By EDF Blogs / Published: June 25, 2025

The All-Electric Buildings Act can accelerate the energy transition and help decarbonize New York’s building sector, which is the largest source of climate pollution in the state.
Potential exemptions, particularly the broad framework proposed by the New York Department of Public Service, threaten to undermine the Act’s effectiveness and the state’s climate progress, necessitating a more precise and data-driven standard for granting exemptions.

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By EDF Blogs / Published: May 29, 2025

A bill aimed at Texas’ 115,000 inactive oil and gas wells has passed both legislative chambers and will help address one of the state’s most critical, yet hidden, challenges.
A bill heading to Gov. Abbott’s desk challenges the status quo in Texas, making sure the oil and gas industry starts cleaning up its old, leaky, non-producing wells.

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