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If the Monarch Computer Campus project goes forward according to plan, Governor Morissey and residents of the mid-Ohio River Valley will be stunned at how small an economic contribution such a large and expensive facility will make.

Shell’s “downturn in Monaca,” along with the company’s weakest quarterly profit in nearly 5 years, shows why petrochemicals are a bad bet.

Located along the Monongahela River, Clairton, Pennsylvania is a small city in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area with a population of around 6,000 people. Like much of the region, it has a rich history of industrial development, especially steelmaking, that began nearly at its conception. Opening in 1916, Clairton Coke Works is the largest coke production […]

The close of 2024 marks another year of progress and growth for the Ohio River Valley Institute, completing our organization’s fourth calendar year of operation. This year, we added critical new capacity to our staff and expanded our breadth of our research and communications programs with the additions of Operations Manager Stacey Padilla, Senior Communications […]

Together, a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable Appalachia is possible. That’s the vision that has geared our data-driven research, guided our outreach and campaigns, and grounded our work in the region’s community and culture ever since the Ohio River Valley Institute’s very beginning. It’s now been more than three years since we laid out our […]

Financial and regulatory support for the gas-based ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub risks reduced economic growth, fewer jobs, and higher utility bills, taxes, and prices for Pennsylvanians, according to testimony delivered today at the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee’s hearing on hydrogen infrastructure by Ohio River Valley Institute Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary.

The Ohio River Valley Institute published the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s announcement of up to $925 million in federal funding for the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2).   ARCH2 Blue Hydrogen Hub Threatens Higher Costs with Few Jobs, Continued Emissions  Alternative ‘Clean Energy Pathway’ Would Create 12,000 Jobs by […]

Nadiatu Issaka joined ORVI’s team in June 2023 as our inaugural Summer Research Fellow. We sat down with Nadiatu at the end of the summer to learn more about her research, her interests in weightlifting and coding, and her motivation for building a better future in Appalachia, in Ghana, and beyond.   Where are you […]

RGGI proceeds could kickstart job growth in Pennsylvania’s fossil fuel communities.

Transitioning to clean energy means job growth, shared prosperity, and a safer, cleaner future for Western Pennsylvania. ORVI’s forthcoming decarbonization study, produced by Strategen Consulting, describes an energy transition pathway for the ten-county region of Western Pennsylvania that reduces emissions, cuts costs, and creates jobs more effectively than any fossil fuel-based pathway. Key Takeaways: A […]