by ORVI | Sep 14, 2021 | Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. September 14, 2021 The dream of an Appalachian petrochemical hub, complete with a network of plastic-producing ethane cracker plants, cavernous natural gas storage facilities, and a...
by ORVI | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider: Our First Year in Review 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...
by ORVI | Jul 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. July 29, 2021 By wide margins, Pennsylvania voters support a major crackdown on fracking. That’s according to a striking new...
by ORVI | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. July 20, 2021 A groundbreaking set of new reports from the Ohio River Valley Institute explain why natural gas development failed to...
by ORVI | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. June 30, 2021 A new report from the Ohio River Valley Institute outlines the economic opportunities of the Regional Greenhouse Gas...
by ORVI | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider Vol. 18 June 15, 2021 What will our Ohio River look like in 10 years? To see the future of the Ohio Valley, ORVI Research Fellow Eric de Place writes, look to a place that is almost its antipode: the tropical...
by ORVI | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider Vol. 17 May 25, 2021 Could a former coal town in Washington State provide a model for Appalachia’s energy transition? In 2011, Centralia, Washington was struggling to deal with a shuttered coal mine, the...
by ORVI | May 11, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider Vol. 16 May 11, 2021 Headlining our sixteenth newsletter is new research from Senior Researcher Ted Boettner on West Virginia’s tax subsidy for thin-seam coal production. Boettner’s latest analysis...
by ORVI | Apr 27, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider Vol. 15 April 27, 2021 In this edition of our newsletter, we highlight coverage of ORVI’s recent Repairing the Damage reports and webinar series, co-produced by ReImagine Appalachia, on the environmental and...
by ORVI | Apr 14, 2021 | Blog Posts, Newsletter
ORVI Insider Vol. 14 April 14, 2021 For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation’s industrial growth and helped construct the middle class. But Appalachian communities did...
