by Eric de Place | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
$3.8 billion is enough money to run the entire economy of a small country. But it’s just barely enough to cover the cost of Pennsylvania’s annual subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. Those subsidies are described in painstaking detail in an excellent new analysis by...
by Sean O'Leary | Feb 18, 2021 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics
The Ohio River Valley Institute issued the following press release earlier today. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Newest delay for Belmont County cracker reinforces need for new economic development strategies JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, February 18, 2021 – Today’s statement in...
by Sean O'Leary | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
NEW REPORT: NATURAL GAS COUNTIES’ ECONOMIES SUFFERED AS PRODUCTION BOOMED Since the start of the fracking boom, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia’s biggest gas-producing counties have seen declines in their share of jobs, income, and population February 10,...
by Ben Hunkler | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider February 9, 2021 A Message from Our Executive Director Last week, we hosted a forum on the future of the oil and gas industry’s “Shale Crescent” vision for Appalachia. If you were not able...
by Eric de Place | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
Before you get behind the wheel of a car, you’re required to have auto insurance. It costs a few bucks, especially for bad drivers, but everyone understands that insurance is a commonsense way to protect the public from the costs of accidents. It’s too bad...
by Martina Angela Caretta and Erin Brock Carlson | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. More than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines run throughout the United States. In Appalachia, they spread like spaghetti across the region. Many...
by Ben Hunkler | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider January 26, 2021 In this edition of our newsletter, we are excited to announce the Ohio River Valley Institute’s first virtual forum, Critical Condition: “The Shale Crescent” and the Dream of an Appalachian...
by Joanne Kilgour | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog Posts
Join the Ohio River Valley Institute as we take the pulse of Appalachia’s petrochemical buildout. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The prospect of Appalachian petrochemical development has reached a critical juncture. For more than a decade, policymakers in Ohio,...
by Ben Hunkler | Dec 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider December 22, 2020 In this edition of the ORVI Insider, our last newsletter of 2020, we highlight a new article from Senior Researcher Eric de Place on why plastics market trends indicate a dim economic outlook for...
by Joanne Kilgour | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
In recent research with colleagues Michal Roth (Tel Aviv University), Paulina Jaramillo, and Peter Adams (Carnegie Mellon University) I explored how the energy system in the U.S. would respond to carbon tax policies. We explored near term carbon tax policies up until...
