At an office park near the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin stood in a line with other officials on a recent afternoon.
In his hand, a pair of oversized scissors to cut a ribbon on the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, or ARCH2.
“Everybody say ‘ARCH2’!” said Manchin, an independent who is set to retire next year after 14 years in the Senate. “ARCH2!” responded the small invited crowd of elected officials and representatives of various government, university and corporate entities related to the project.
