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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.
A new research brief finds that Beaver County has fallen behind the state and the nation in nearly every measure of economic activity since the announcement of the Shell ethane cracker in 2012.
Four years ago, petrochemical industry boosters predicted a new wave of industry would roll across the natural gas-producing region of Appalachia, spurring billions of dollars in capital investments and a veritable economic renaissance in a place that sorely needed...