Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill

Filed under: Hydrogen , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA 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 DOE slashed in May . Back in July, the Senate hinted that it would fight back against the DOE cuts when the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the FY 2010 DOE budget and then restored hydrogen vehicle funding .

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