greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/21/2009
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Congress appears close to restoring the $100 million in funding for hydrogen research that Energy Secretary Steven Chu had cut from his budget in May.
wheels.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/21/2009
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Congress appears close to restoring the $100 million
in funding for hydrogen research that Energy Secretary Steven...
Chu had cut from his budget in May.
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Congress May Restore Hydrogen Funding
gas2.org - 7/24/2009
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gas2.org —
Just this morning, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on
Energy and Water approved $190 million for the hydrogen...
and fuel cell program office which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This action, in effect, restores the program to ...
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Government Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cells Program ...
autobloggreen.com - 7/20/2009
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Honda FCX Clarity - click above for high-res
image gallery Earlier this month, the Senate Energy and...
Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the FY 2010 DOE budget and restored the hydrogen vehicle funding that President Obama and the DOE had slashed in May . The ...
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House of Representative restoring more of DOE's hydrogen ...
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Congress to Restore Hydrogen Car Funding
Peak Oil News —
... $190 million for the program. Reconciliation of the two budget figures (assuming the full Senate leaves the $190 million intact) could result in a final amount greater than the $168 million for fuel cells in the 2009 Energy Department budget. It is uncertain when the Senate will vote on hydrogen funding. Robert Rose, executive director of the United States Fuel Cell Council, said he hoped a vote would occur in the next two weeks before the Senates scheduled recess in early August. NY Times
Congress Hearts Hydrogen: Federal Fuel Cell Funding Could Soon Be Restored
TreeHugger —
... last Friday for hydrogen and fuel cells, with $40.45 million going to producing hydrogen from coal. (Yes, hydrogen from coal -- hardly what I'd call renewable energy, nor a particularly energy efficient use of resources...) In the Senate, a total of $190 million was approved for the same program. If approved in its entirety this would be some $20 million-plus more than was in the original budget. Final approval for the restoration of funding could come before the August recess. via: New York Times Hydrogen Cars ...
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treehugger.com 5/17/2009 —
Photo via Energy Ethos
Buried in news about President Obama's budget was the news that George W. Bush's $1.2 billion plan for hydrogen fuel cells was killed Obama, saving taxpayers $100 million a year. Why?...
CARB asks DOE to restore hydrogen vehicle funds
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The U.S. Department of Energy under President Obama hasn't been kind to hydrogen vehicles in 2009. In early May, the DOE eliminated funding for research into H 2 -powered vehicles . Since then, the hydrogen vehicle ...
Not over yet: Senate subcommittee restores DOE's hydrogen funding cut
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It was huge news back in May when President Obama and the DOE slashed hydrogen vehicle funding from the FY 2010 DOE budget . Since then, hydrogen advocates like CARB have put on the best possible face and asked the ...
Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill
green.autoblog.com 10/16/2009 —
Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not getting his way in Washington. Recently (and, at this point, still allegedly) said that he " would put every cent into electric cars ." The Senate, though, has other plans and has now restored almost all of the hydrogen funding money that the ...
Using Hydrogen Energy
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