by Eric de Place | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
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 23, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics, Research
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, March 23, 2021 – New gas field developments in Appalachia are unlikely to be profitable as the US energy system undergoes rapid decarbonization, according to a new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute’s US Center (SEI) and the...
by Sean O'Leary | Mar 10, 2021 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas
The Ohio River Valley Institute’s recent report on the nearly complete failure of the Appalachian natural gas boom to deliver on promises of jobs and prosperity in the region’s major gas-producing counties triggered a great deal of blowback from the industry and...
by Eric de Place | Mar 9, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
GROUNDBREAKING NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS FUTURE APPALACHIAN SHALE GAS DRILLING UNPROFITABLE AND PETROCHEMICAL BUILDOUT UNLIKELY Higher prices are needed to save Appalachian natural gas, but the industry faces pressure from decarbonization and uncertain petrochemical markets....
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 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 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 Sean O'Leary | Feb 8, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download report 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. A new Ohio River Valley Institute report titled, “Appalachia’s...
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 Eric de Place | Jan 22, 2021 | Clean Energy, Natural Gas
Biden’s first fracking test. That’s what the Wall Street Journal editorial board calls the incoming administration’s decision about a port project on the Delaware River. Yet the decision is not about fracking at all. At least not directly. It is, rather, about whether...
