A component of President Joe Biden’s green energy campaign has caught a snag from an unlikely place, environmentalist groups concerned that a series of new green energy plants will exacerbate a local water shortage and threaten the coastal ecosystem.
The Texas port city of Corpus Christi is a potential candidate for up to $1 billion in taxpayer funds under the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a bill passed as part of Mr. Biden’s push that includes funding for green energy projects. If approved, the IIJA funds would go toward creating a regional hub to produce hydrogen fuel, a low-emission energy source created by electrolyzing water.
