Loopholes and lobbies: An explainer of the European Commission’s Hydrogen strategy

20 October 2020

Nico Schmidt

Maria Maggiore

Environment/Gas Trap

Loopholes and lobbies: An explainer of the European Commission’s Hydrogen strategy

Nico Schmidt

Maria Maggiore

20 October 2020

About Gas Trap

The climate goals of the European Union and its member states are clear: reaching climate neutrality by the year 2050 and limiting warming to a maximum of two Celsius degrees. Nonetheless, natural gas projects are being planned and built all over Europe. Read more about investigation into the "Gas Trap" here.

Despite the European Commission’s efforts to build a strategy for ‘clean hydrogen’, Investigate Europe’s research reveals the prevailing influence of gas lobbies. We explain how it works.

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