As an alternative to fossil fuels in the fight against climate change, hydrogen is a promising clean fuel source: it is carbon neutral, and its combustion produces only water vapour. However, this is an energy-intensive and expensive process. Though hyped as the solution to climate change, hydrogen can negatively impact the environment.

Green Nova Scotia First's Gregor Wilson speaks on behalf of their campaign to encourage the Federal and Provincial governments to carefully reconsider initiatives promoting the Province as a 'global leader' in hydrogen and ammonia production, highlighting concerns about the true environmental impacts and unrealistic economics of these initiatives.

The Halifax Examiner—as have others—investigates the origins of all the hydrogen hype. The Examiner reports that much of the rhetoric in the European Union goes back to “Dutch hydrogen professor” Ad van Wijk, a “failed businessman and part-time professor who made it his mission to promote the use of hydrogen.” 

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Everwind Fuels plans to build 70 wind turbines north of Debert. Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia is one of the groups opposing the project. Margaretta Sander provides an overview of their concerns.

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Joan Baxter of the Halifax Examiner contacted Michael Liebreich for a question-and-answer session on Hydrogen. Liebreich is a member of the UK Board of Trade, a former advisor to the UN on Sustainable Energy for All, and an expert on the hydrogen economy.

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The Ecology Action Centre has called for a modernized environmental assessment process that prioritizes environmental protection and human health over short-term economic gains. They have created an online storymap to show the impacts of the gold mining industry in the province and call for substantial change to the current process.

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Green hydrogen/ammonia is being rapidly adopted for Climate Change goals. However, Abhik Tushar Das, Chief Manager at Energy Sourcing (Gas & Power), suggests it has its own challenges and should be considered carefully before being accepted as a one-stop solution to all existing problems.

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Known Unknown: Current hydrogen leak estimates vary by up to 100-fold. We need to know more before betting on the farm.

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A discussion with Cleaning Up podcast host Michael Liebreich and Marco Alvera, CEO of global green energy business TES. The conversation focuses on TES-H2, which is building a terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, to import what Marco calls "eNG", or synthetic methane made from green hydrogen.