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COVID-19 has been especially harmful for working women.
According to a McKinsey Global Institute study, women make up 39%
of global employment but account for 54% of overall job losses.
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Within the United States, the National Women s Law Center
reported that 865,000 women were no longer working or looking for
work – making up 80% of the people who left the workforce.
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Even among women who did not leave the workforce, a McKinsey study
showed that 1 in 4 women was considering downshifting their careers
or leaving the workforce due to COVID-19, at a rate 1.3 times more
Overview
Hydrogen has over the last century enjoyed repeated bouts of interest as a fuel source. Though these have repeatedly fallen flat, hydrogen-based production has recently enjoyed a renaissance, due to a trifecta of improving political, economic, and technological conditions. Importantly, hydrogen presents an answer to a major problem in the energy transition debate: decarbonizing fuel sources while maintaining energy security and reliability. While electrification has a first-mover advantage in certain areas (e.g., light-duty vehicles), hydrogen is seen as particularly viable in “hard-to-decarbonize” sectors such as heavy-duty transportation, which requires fuel supply for substantial distance and payloads.
These trends are still nascent. There has long been a small hydrogen market, primarily for industrial applications;