by Tom Torres | Mar 21, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) was always a questionable prospect. Since 2021, the Ohio River Valley Institute has asserted that carbon capture and blue hydrogen, the technologies underpinning what later became the hub, are prohibitively expensive and only...
by Sean O'Leary | Mar 21, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics
Key Points Northern Appalachia has, for a decade and a half, premised its economic development strategies on a strategic triad of natural gas, petrochemicals, and most recently hydrogen. Natural gas expansion has proven itself incapable of delivering on promises of...
by Deirdre Lally | Mar 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics
The US is on the verge of an ammonia ‘boom,’ which could expand fracking and incentivize risky carbon storage infrastructure. But as with any boom, industrial expansion will eventually bring a bust. At least 37 new projects have been proposed around the country which...
by Ben Hunkler | Mar 11, 2025 | Blog Posts
Joanne Kilgour: Today’s discussion comes on the heels of an executive order signed by President Trump reversing the Biden administration’s pause on pending and future applications for LNG export projects. We’ve gathered a panel of experts...
by Julia Stone and Eric de Place | Mar 10, 2025 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
The Biden administration’s pause on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits is over. On February 14, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order conditionally granting Commonwealth LNG to export liquefied natural gas from its proposed terminal near Cameron,...
by Joanne Kilgour | Mar 7, 2025 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Last week, I joined a group of Pennsylvania advocates and policy experts for a press event on the critical situation facing businesses, community service organizations, and municipalities across the Commonwealth, one that demands our immediate attention and continued...
by Nick Messenger | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
On February 6, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released a memo suspending the ability of states and tribes to spend previously approved grants for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Regional media has speculated that the suspension is part...
by Ted Boettner | Feb 13, 2025 | Blog Posts, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells
Orphaned well funding—and jobs—are in...
by Eric Dixon | Feb 13, 2025 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts
In the past three years, the Department of the Interior has awarded about $3 billion to reclamation agencies across the country for the purpose of cleaning up land and water damaged by the coal industry. Reclamation projects funded by Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grant...
by Staff | Dec 20, 2024 | Blog Posts
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...
