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Inflation & Natural Gas: A Disease and its Carrier

Inflation & Natural Gas: A Disease and its Carrier

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...
Misplaced Faith: How Policymakers’ Belief in Natural Gas is Driving Rural Pennsylvania Into an Economic Dead End

Misplaced Faith: How Policymakers’ Belief in Natural Gas is Driving Rural Pennsylvania Into an Economic Dead End

by Sean O'Leary | Aug 8, 2022 | Natural Gas, Reports

Download as PDF Key Takeaways: Policymakers’ pursuit of natural gas development is failing rural Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania policymakers of both parties are driving efforts to expand the state’s natural gas economy despite mounting evidence that the decade-long...
Pennsylvanians Strongly Support a Crackdown on Fracking. Will Allegheny County Deliver?

Pennsylvanians Strongly Support a Crackdown on Fracking. Will Allegheny County Deliver?

by Ben Hunkler | Jul 18, 2022 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas

Update: In a resounding victory for Pennsylvanians and a vindication of public will, Allegheny County Council voted 12-3 to override County Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s veto, codifying the ban on fracking and other industrial activities in county parks. The...
Methane Emissions and Low-Producing Oil & Gas Wells in Appalachia

Methane Emissions and Low-Producing Oil & Gas Wells in Appalachia

by Ted Boettner | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Videos

  Last December, the Ohio River Valley Institute published Stayin’ Alive: The Last Days of Stripper Wells in the Ohio Valley, a report chronicling the more than 177,000 low-producing, “stripper” oil and gas wells in Appalachia that could soon become abandoned and...
Despite “Winning” GDP Gains, Ohio’s Fracking Counties Lost Big in 2020

Despite “Winning” GDP Gains, Ohio’s Fracking Counties Lost Big in 2020

by Ben Hunkler | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas

A recent story in the Columbus Dispatch reported that “two small eastern Ohio counties in the heart of Ohio’s natural gas country posted the biggest economic gains among the state’s counties in 2020” and that “other counties in Appalachia also were among...
Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro Charges Mariner East Pipeline Developer with Environmental Crimes, Reflecting Widespread Support for a Crackdown on Fracking

Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro Charges Mariner East Pipeline Developer with Environmental Crimes, Reflecting Widespread Support for a Crackdown on Fracking

by Ben Hunkler | Oct 15, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro charged Mariner East 2 Pipeline owner Energy Transfer with a total of 48 counts of environmental crimes last Tuesday in a landmark crackdown that reflects Pennsylvania voters’ overwhelming concern about the impacts of...
Community groups urge U.S. Department of Energy to halt gas, ethane development

Community groups urge U.S. Department of Energy to halt gas, ethane development

by Ben Hunkler | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics

More than one hundred environmental and community advocates described the devastating threats to public health and safety posed by petrochemical development in Appalachia and the Gulf South during a public hearing organized by the Department of Energy’s Office of...
New Poll Shows PA Voters Want a Crackdown on Fracking

New Poll Shows PA Voters Want a Crackdown on Fracking

by Eric de Place | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas

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...
Pennsylvania Voters Support a Serious Crackdown on Fracking Operations

Pennsylvania Voters Support a Serious Crackdown on Fracking Operations

by Eric de Place | Jul 29, 2021 | Natural Gas, 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...
Destined to Fail: Why the Appalachian Natural Gas Boom Failed to Deliver Jobs & Prosperity and What It Teaches Us

Destined to Fail: Why the Appalachian Natural Gas Boom Failed to Deliver Jobs & Prosperity and What It Teaches Us

by Sean O'Leary | Jul 20, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports

Click to view and download   Between 2008 and 2019, the twenty-two counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia that produce 90% of Appalachian natural gas badly trailed the nation in key measures of economic prosperity, including growth in jobs, personal...
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