by Eric Dixon | Feb 7, 2022 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
In November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which made historic investments in the reclamation of land and water damaged by the coal industry before 1977. We have found that while the bill will only address about half of...
by Ted Boettner | Dec 16, 2021 | Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Reports
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit In recent years, there has been growing concern over the millions of oil and gas wells that are no longer producing but are threatening the environment and public health and will cost tens of billions...
by Ted Boettner | Oct 13, 2021 | Coal Ash, Repairing the Damage, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary In partnership with ReImagine Appalachia and Union of Concerned Scientists, the Ohio River Valley Institute is releasing a new report titled: Repairing the Damage: Cleaning up Hazardous Coal Ash Can Create Jobs and Improve the...
by Eric Dixon | Jul 13, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
On Friday, US Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released a new version of his proposed energy infrastructure package. The previous version of his proposal included $11.3 billion in federal funds to clean up damage from Abandoned Mine Lands (AMLs) across the country. The new...
by Ben Hunkler | Jun 29, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) pointed to a recent Ohio River Valley Institute report in a Senate committee last week on the huge economic opportunities of abandoned coal mine reclamation. “The Department of the Interior estimates the cost to complete [abandoned mine...
by Ted Boettner | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog Posts, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
In early April, we released a report outlining the benefits of plugging and cleaning up orphan and abandoned oil and gas wells in Appalachia. Since that time, there have been several bills introduced in Congress to address the issue. These include the Orphan Well...
by Eric Dixon | Jun 7, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
This post is the second in a four-part series based on a recent ORVI report on abandoned mine land (AML) issues. Figures cited below can be found in the accompanying report. Abandoned coal mines have damaged thousands of acres of land, polluted hundreds of miles of...
by Ted Boettner | Apr 14, 2021 | Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary After more than a century of oil and gas drilling, unplugged or improperly plugged abandoned oil and gas wells are causing extensive environmental damage and imposing health and safety risks because they are leaching pollutants...
by Eric Dixon | Apr 14, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Repairing the Damage, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary For more than 200 years, the coal industry extracted billions of tons of coal in the US, damaging thousands of acres of land and water and leaving much of it unreclaimed. In this report, I demonstrate why it is critical to...
by Eric Dixon | Mar 18, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage
This afternoon, Congress will hold a hearing on a slew of bills that seek to clean up land and water damaged by the coal industry before it was regulated in 1977. The hearing rightly highlights the urgency of reauthorizing fees on coal production that fund cleanup,...
