Confusing headline, isn’t it? BP has halted or shelved 18 early-stage hydrogen projects, part of a $2 billion cost-cutting strategy focused on streamlining operations and boosting returns on high-value developments. This is fancy talk for ‘doubling down on oil and gas assets will make us more short-term returns so the board will be happy.’ Wouldn’t it make more sense to invest in the energy of tomorrow… but we’ve already lost BP at that point, since today is the only thing that matters. Silly mistake. Another mistake would be to continuously rely on the traditional oil giants to move the needle on decarbonization and promote investment into clean energy sources. This proves that half of what the likes of BP invest…