by Tom Torres | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog Posts
New York-based company TransGas Development Systems, LLC wants to build and operate a fossil fuel-based ammonia facility in Mingo County, WV. If built, the Adams Fork Energy project would be the biggest ammonia plant in the world. The facility would produce ammonia...
by Ben Hunkler | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
As discussed in our companion article, New York-based TransGas Development Systems, LLC announced plans in 2023 to build the Adams Fork Energy ammonia project in Mingo County, WV. This project was originally part of the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2)...
by Eric Dixon | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
This page chronicles main events in the development of the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky, including the unionization effort at the facility. Updates will be added as future events unfold. Last updated June 5, 2025....
by Zane Gustafson | May 30, 2025 | Blog Posts, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells
The bill for the 150-year legacy of oil drilling in Appalachia is coming due. Yet, drilling still continues, adding to the region’s backlog of unplugged and polluting oil and gas wells. This is a huge problem for the region because unplugged wells have been linked to...
by Tom Torres | May 20, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposal for a hydrogen tax credit addresses some of the worst aspects of the existing tax credit but the tax credit still rewards polluters and leaves itself vulnerable to changes that could render it moot, unenforceable, or...
by Tom Torres | May 7, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Last month, a representative for Tenaska — the company seeking to build the Tri-State Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Hub — testified before the Ohio House Natural Resource Committee in support of House Bill 170. If passed and signed into law, this bill would...
by Nick Messenger | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog Posts
The Ohio House of Representatives recently released its proposal for the next two years of school funding. Despite claims that the new plan gives schools more money than they received in 2025, the new proposal actually reduces funds for almost all of Ohio’s public...
by Sean O'Leary | Apr 21, 2025 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
The central claim of the Heritage Foundation’s special report that, because of New York’s ban on fracking, counties in the Marcellus region “lost out on around $11,000 per resident or $27,000 per household” is simply wrong. Why? Because . . . Very little...
by Tom Torres | Apr 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
Legislators in Ohio seek to establish a regulatory framework for the long-term, geologic storage of carbon dioxide in order to provide the clarity needed to attract developers to the state. But, HB170 and SB136 go far beyond this simple goal. If passed, these two...
by Virginia Alvino Young and Ben Hunkler | Apr 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Let’s talk about coal. Yes—coal, the black rock that powered much of America’s past. Lately, some leaders have been trying to bring it back in a big way. But here’s the truth: no matter what policies are put in place, the coal industry is on its way out—and trying to...
