by Ted Boettner | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Shared Prosperity
On Thursday the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in the US House will be holding a hearing on the federal Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Program to discuss reauthorization of the program and how it can help local economies and the environment. The AML program...
by Ted Boettner | Feb 23, 2021 | Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Shared Prosperity
The West Virginia Legislature got underway on Wednesday, February 10th, and so far the legislative session has been marked by a lack of accountability and transparency, advancing legislation aimed at crippling public education, reducing workers’ rights, and...
by Ted Boettner | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Research, Shared Prosperity
If policymakers at the state and federal level want to build a strong economy with good paying jobs in the Ohio River Valley region it will require raising wages, improving job quality standards, and increasing disposable income of workers. That’s because most...
by Ted Boettner | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity
While West Virginians are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and trying to figure out if their kids can attend school, the oil and gas industry is working with the West Virginia State Tax Department to cut its property taxes by as much as $62 million per year. Last...
by Ted Boettner | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity
“If our economy seems to be growing but that growth is not sustainable because we are destroying the environment and using up scarce natural resources, our statistics should warn us. But because GDP didn’t include resource depletion and environmental...
