The energy source that could survive Trump's attack on California's green ambitions -LA Times [View all]

A view of construction at the new Avina Clean Hydrogen Facility in Vernon, slated for opening this fall.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)


The energy source that could survive Trump’s attack on California’s green ambitions

LA Times | Hayley Smith | Aug. 1, 2025

At a construction site along the Los Angeles River, just south of where four freeways converge in Vernon, a crane hoisted a set of massive white pipes into the air on a recent weekday morning.

The pipes will eventually be connected to fuel dispensers where they will serve as storage vessels for hydrogen — a growing yet controversial source of energy that some see as key to California’s ambitious climate goals.

The site is being developed by a New Jersey-based company called Avina in partnership with Vernon Public Utilities. When completed this October, it is planned to produce up to 4 metric tons of compressed green hydrogen a day to power heavy-duty trucks and buses, helping to clean up one of the worst polluting sectors in the state.

The facility is expected to eliminate approximately 130,000 metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions annually, according to Avina. Company officials said it will be the largest clean hydrogen project with on-site dispensing — meaning pumps where fleets can refuel — in the country...more
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-08-01/avina-hydrogen-project-trump-attack-on-california-green-energy



Donald J. Dump - the Global Hydrogen Laughingstock
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If you're Anti-Hydrogen you've got an important ally - Donald J. Dump! (PS: Not a single H2 car has EVER "Blown UP" but it doesn't matter because circa 2025, FACTS don't matter a bit)