by Sean O'Leary | Mar 18, 2022 | Blog Posts
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) torpedoed the Build Back Better bill because, he said, it is too costly. But the fleet of hydrogen hub projects he is now promoting for locations around the nation, one of them in the Ohio River Valley, may cost nearly as much, they will...
by Sean O'Leary | Feb 15, 2022 | Press Releases
Biden Administration's Plan for American Leadership in Clean Manufacturing Must Prevent Misuse of Hydrogen, Carbon Capture...
by Sean O'Leary | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog Posts
The recent movie, “Don’t Look Up”, parodies our response to the climate crisis and, in particular, political leaders whose attitude seems to be, “Sure, we’ll all die if we don’t change . . . but can’t we do it in a way that takes care of me and my donors?” For those...
by Sean O'Leary | Nov 19, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy
January 25, 2022 may become the day the music died for a number of the remaining Appalachian coal-fired power plants. That’s when PJM, the regional transmission operator (RTO) that manages wholesale energy markets in all or parts of 13 mid-Atlantic and midwestern...
by Sean O'Leary | Nov 16, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy
I’m old. And for nigh on to fifty years I have been listening to politicians and oil and gas executives soberly invoke “energy independence” as a a noble goal that is necessary to preserve our freedom and way of life. Starting in the 1970s, a decade...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 7, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity
Click here to view and download the report With a price tag of $100 billion/year, widespread adoption of CCUS in our electric system would spark outrage if its cost showed up in our monthly bills. But members of Congress, including some climate hawks, are coalescing...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 7, 2021 | Blog Posts
With a price tag of $100 billion/year, widespread adoption of CCUS in the electric system would spark outrage if its cost showed up in our monthly electric bills. But members of Congress, including some climate hawks, seem to be coalescing around legislation that...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy
According to a recent report from S&P Global/Platts, “PTTGC America’s final investment decision on a new petrochemical complex in southeast Ohio remains on indefinite hold until the company secures a new partner in the project, the company said in an email...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog Posts
The West Virginia Public Service Commission’s ruling on the case regarding the Mitchell power plant will, if it is implemented, result in fewer jobs and less prosperity for Marshall County and surrounding counties, it will needlessly raise West Virginians’...
by Sean O'Leary | Jul 20, 2021 | Clean Energy, Reports, Shared Prosperity
Click to view and download If there are some industries in which immense amounts of investment can fail to produce significant increases in jobs and prosperity, might there be other industries in which comparatively small investments can deliver...
