by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 14, 2022 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 1059, an amendment to the state’s Tax Reform Code that, among other things, establishes subsidies for the development of a natural gas-based blue hydrogen and carbon capture hub. The bill earmarks...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 13, 2022 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
Natural gas enters your home through your furnace, your appliances, and even through the electricity you use, much of which comes from gas-fired power plants. And that’s a problem because, not only is gas bad for your physical health (more on that later), it’s bad for...
by Ben Hunkler | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Fossil fuel companies are misleading the public about carbon capture technology, according to internal documents unearthed as part of an ongoing federal investigation into fossil fuel company misinformation. Private conversations between top employees of major oil and...
by Wendy Patton | Oct 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Economic growth—the expansion and enrichment of business activity—is a narrow goal, easy to explain and understand: “More jobs for the community.” Economic development—expansion and enrichment of a community—is a broader goal: hard to explain, often fraught with...
by Ben Hunkler | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Last week marked the close of the Clean Energy Ministerial’s inaugural Global Clean Energy Action Forum, a three-day conference on accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy. Billed as the “biggest energy event of the year,” the forum welcomed more than...
by Ted Boettner | Sep 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage
In late August, the US Department of Interior (DOI) announced it awarded 24 states $560 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to plug over 10,000 wells, reclaim well sites, and measure methane emissions. In January, DOI announced that 26 states were...
by Eric Dixon | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog Posts
In late July 2022, severe storms dumped extreme precipitation across southeast Kentucky. With so much rain bearing down over such a short period, streams rose to unprecedented levels and the region experienced catastrophic flooding. This page summarizes FEMA data...
by Eric de Place | Aug 29, 2022 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
Key Takeaways Appalachian ethane is already fueling a petrochemical buildout in the Gulf Coast and around the world. The region’s production of natural gas liquids, including ethane, is forecasted to grow faster than any other region of the US over the next 30 years....
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
The recently signed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) offers coal and gas-fired power plants as well as factories and other carbon-emitting facilities a tax credit that will pay them $85 for every metric ton of carbon they capture and sequester underground. The goal is to...
by Eric Dixon | Aug 18, 2022 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
In March, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) hosted the Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy on a tour of West Virginia’s coalfields. After visiting a proposed steel mill in Mason County, they visited a center that educates the public...
