by Eric Dixon | Jan 27, 2022 | Fair Democracy, Reports
View and download the report In the fall of 2021, the Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC) and the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) hosted five virtual listening sessions to hear from Black Appalachians. The sessions were part of the ongoing national...
by Ben Hunkler | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Shared Prosperity
The Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) launched one year ago, in August 2020, as an independent, nonprofit think tank designed to equip the region’s residents and decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to advance long-term solutions to...
by Eric de Place | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy
Pennsylvania has officially soured on fracking. A groundbreaking new opinion poll released today by the Ohio River Valley Institute shows that, by wide margins, state voters support a serious crackdown on fracking operations. The poll shows that voters across all...
by Eric de Place | Jul 29, 2021 | Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Reports
A groundbreaking new opinion poll released today by the Ohio River Valley Institute shows that, by wide margins, state voters support a serious crackdown on fracking operations. The poll shows that voters across demographics are deeply concerned about the impacts of...
by Eric de Place | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy
In response to Pittsburgh protests over fracking and petrochemical development in the region, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald uttered a string of half-truths and factual distortions about the impacts of the industry. As a corrective to Fitzgerald and other...
by Eric de Place | Mar 30, 2021 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy, Strategic Communications
One quarter of the way through 2021 and Pennsylvania voters are grumpy. According to the March edition of Franklin & Marshall College Poll, barely more than one-third (36%) think the state is headed in the right direction, down 20 percentage points from a...
by Ted Boettner | Feb 23, 2021 | Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Shared Prosperity
The West Virginia Legislature got underway on Wednesday, February 10th, and so far the legislative session has been marked by a lack of accountability and transparency, advancing legislation aimed at crippling public education, reducing workers’ rights, and...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy, Research
The 2020 election has taken place against the backdrop of a pandemic, a racial justice movement, and record-setting political spending–projected to total nearly $14 billion, a figure greater than the GDP of Armenia. For a culture that is used to immediate...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 4, 2020 | Fair Democracy, Newsletter
As we expected going into election day, no winner has been declared in the race for the presidency, but Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky have been called for Donald Trump. The region now looks to Pennsylvania, a state that allowed no excuse mail-in voting for the...
by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Newsletter, Research
A Message from Our Executive Director Back at my desk in Pennsylvania, I have the strong sensation of being in the eye of a storm; the past few months of frenzied political campaigning and voter education have crescendoed, Election Day has arrived, and the gaze of...
