by Ted Boettner | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
During the third week in March, I had the opportunity to travel to southeastern Louisiana to take part in several events sponsored by True Transition, a new group working to build a brighter future for oil and gas workers and communities across the country. For over a...
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...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 8, 2022 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download report Download digital toolkit Pennsylvania policymakers of both parties are driving efforts to expand the state’s natural gas economy despite mounting evidence which shows that the decade-long production boom has failed to stem or even reduce job and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Eric de Place | Jul 29, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download summary Download toplines Download crosstabs 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...
by Sean O'Leary | Jul 20, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
Click to view and download Download summary Download digital toolkit 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...
