by Ben Hunkler | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog Posts
More than one hundred environmental and community advocates described the devastating threats to public health and safety posed by petrochemical development in Appalachia and the Gulf South during a public hearing organized by the Department of Energy’s Office of...
by Ben Hunkler | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog Posts
Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary explained the damaging effects of shale gas activity and prospective petrochemical development on the environment, residents’ wellbeing, and local economic growth in a public-facing presentation for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office...
by Ben Hunkler | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity
Last week, Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary and I traveled across the Ohio Valley to discuss Ohio River Valley Institute research with county commissioners and local organizations. The trip laid bare the aftermath of fracking’s grip on the regional economy. Boarded...
by Ben Hunkler | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. July 29, 2021 By wide margins, Pennsylvania voters support a major crackdown on fracking. That’s according to a striking new...
by Ben Hunkler | Jul 21, 2021 | Shared Prosperity
There are many parallels between economically struggling communities in Appalachia and Centralia, Washington, a chronically depressed coal town that lost its coal mine and is now losing its coal-fired power plant. But in Centralia, the economy, jobs and population are...
by Ben Hunkler | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. July 20, 2021 A groundbreaking set of new reports from the Ohio River Valley Institute explain why natural gas development failed to...
by Ben Hunkler | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity
The Ohio River Valley Institute’s newest report examines how the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) could support economic development and job creation in Pennsylvania, particularly in coal communities most impacted by energy market transition from coal to...
by Ben Hunkler | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. June 30, 2021 A new report from the Ohio River Valley Institute outlines the economic opportunities of the Regional Greenhouse Gas...
by Ben Hunkler | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) pointed to a recent Ohio River Valley Institute report in a Senate committee last week on the huge economic opportunities of abandoned coal mine reclamation. “The Department of the Interior estimates the cost to complete [abandoned mine...
by Ben Hunkler | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider Vol. 18 June 15, 2021 What will our Ohio River look like in 10 years? To see the future of the Ohio Valley, ORVI Research Fellow Eric de Place writes, look to a place that is almost its antipode: the tropical...
