by Joanne Kilgour | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog Posts
Join the Ohio River Valley Institute as we take the pulse of Appalachia’s petrochemical buildout. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The prospect of Appalachian petrochemical development has reached a critical juncture. For more than a decade, policymakers in Ohio,...
by Joanne Kilgour | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog Posts
In recent research with colleagues Michal Roth (Tel Aviv University), Paulina Jaramillo, and Peter Adams (Carnegie Mellon University) I explored how the energy system in the U.S. would respond to carbon tax policies. We explored near term carbon tax policies up until...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
A Message from Our Executive Director It has been a long couple of weeks in what has felt like a very long year. As we process the aftermath of the 2020 election, we are preparing to meet a new presidential administration and returning to face the...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy, Research
The 2020 election has taken place against the backdrop of a pandemic, a racial justice movement, and record-setting political spending–projected to total nearly $14 billion, a figure greater than the GDP of Armenia. For a culture that is used to immediate...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 4, 2020 | Fair Democracy, Newsletter
As we expected going into election day, no winner has been declared in the race for the presidency, but Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky have been called for Donald Trump. The region now looks to Pennsylvania, a state that allowed no excuse mail-in voting for the...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Newsletter, Research
A Message from Our Executive Director Back at my desk in Pennsylvania, I have the strong sensation of being in the eye of a storm; the past few months of frenzied political campaigning and voter education have crescendoed, Election Day has arrived, and the gaze of...
by Joanne Kilgour | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog Posts, Research
A Message from Our Executive Director In a time of partisan political gridlock in Washington, DC, municipalities throughout the region are weathering the anxiety of maintaining operations and meeting financial obligations without the promise of...
by Joanne Kilgour | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Newsletter, Research
A Message From Our Executive Director The Ohio River Valley, like much of the country, is currently living under the nation’s microscope – we are facing scrutiny from pundits trying to predict our contribution to the outcome of the Presidential election, we are...
by Joanne Kilgour | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Newsletter, Research
A Message from Our Executive Director Last week, we lost one of my personal heroes and legendary lawyer and advocate for gender equality, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This loss leaves us with uncertainty around the political maneuvering we can expect...
