b'Collin OMaraPresident and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife FederationThe Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (or MACH2) will support the production, processing, delivery, storage, and end use of clean hydrogen throughoutResearchers have increasingly come to believe that hydrogenthe most abundant Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware, and leveragingelement in the universecould be a carbon-free fuel source for the future, union labor. It will help fuel a national clean hydrogen network that will contributepowering commercial vehicles, ships, and planes without harming the environment. substantially to decarbonizing multiple sectors of the economy while achievingFor that to happen, however, a nationwide distribution network would need to be environmental justice objectives that will especially benefit disadvantagedestablished.communities.The Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub group, a coalition of states including OUR GOALS Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, has been working on a vision to leverage Generate clean and predominantly zero-emission green and pink hydrogen to fuelexisting technology and infrastructure strengths to generate clean hydrogen. the local energy economy while mitigating emissions. This initiative is poised to create and retain well-paying jobs, providing economic opportunities and health improvements that will benefit historically underserved Reuse and revitalize significant existing pipeline infrastructure in a formerlycommunities.industrialized and still densely populated region.The group is slated to receive $750,000,000 in federal grant funding, supportingCreate and retain more than 20,000 well-paying jobs, including union jobs, andresearch, production, and distribution of clean hydrogen gas. generate a new talent pipeline in the clean-energy sector. Provide economic opportunity and health improvements that will directly benefitdisadvantaged communities, in line with President Bidens Justice40 Initiative.Delaware Three Rivers Area Economic Development Master Plan 180'