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 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 Zane Gustafson, Eric de Place, and Julia Stone | Mar 3, 2025 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Layers of uncertainty around new ammonia markets and the ability of new projects to scale production cast doubt over the massive ammonia buildout planned for the US. A surge of more than 37 proposed projects across the country, fueled by tax...
by Sean O'Leary | Jan 2, 2025 | Natural Gas, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download research brief Utilities and the independent system operators (ISOs) who run the nation’s power grid warn that, without huge expansions of generating capacity, particularly from natural gas, the system may not be able to meet rising demand for...
by Staff | Oct 7, 2024 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download polling memo Download slide deck Nine in ten Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Pennsylvania voters broadly...
by Eric de Place and Julia Stone | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris recently announced that, if elected, she would not ban fracking, re-igniting a debate that has roiled national politics again and again. Her new position seems to be based on the mistaken belief that fracking enjoys public support,...
by Eric de Place and Zane Gustafson | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
A new plan to expand a New England gas pipeline would drive more fracking in Appalachia’s colossal gas reserves. “Project Maple” is a proposal by the Canadian energy company Enbridge to expand its Algonquin Gas Transmission Pipeline by 25%, or 750 million cubic feet...
by Sean O'Leary | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
In all, the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have 85 non-peaker coal and gas-fired power plants with capacities of 100 MW or greater. The following chart lists the plants alphabetically and indicates each plant’s owner, location, start date,...
by Joanne Kilgour | Mar 17, 2024 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
In a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, former Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan decried President Biden’s recent decision to pause liquified natural gas (LNG) export authorizations. Ryan, tugging on heartstrings, claimed that LNG exports and other new avenues for...
