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For generations, Appalachia has powered the nation’s industrial growth with our region’s bountiful reserves of coal, gas, and oil. Today, our communities are suffering the effects of that legacy of extraction—air and water pollution, rampant greenhouse gas emissions,...
(Source: Yale Climate Connections) Senior Researcher Sean O'Leary joins Dr. Anthony Lieserowitz and Yale Climate Connections to discuss the remarkable economic turnaround taking place in Centralia, Washington. For years, Centralia and surrounding Lewis...
The newly announced initiative to develop a carbon capture and hydrogen hub in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia is a gamble in the guise of opportunity.
A new initiative to develop a carbon capture and hydrogen hub in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia is unlikely to create many permanent jobs, boost…
A recent story in the Columbus Dispatch reported that “two small eastern Ohio counties in the heart of Ohio's natural gas country posted the biggest economic gains among the state's counties in 2020” and that “other counties in Appalachia also were among the 2020...
Natural gas production in Appalachia and beyond has fueled an excess of plastic packaging.
As 2021 draws to a close, the Ohio River Valley Institute is looking back with gratitude and excitement on our first full year of operation. We’ve made some notable strides in the past twelve months toward addressing Appalachia’s most significant challenges, tracking...
As 2021 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on a year of progress.