by Kathy Hipple and Nick Messenger | Oct 25, 2024 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download policy brief As heavy industry moves toward decarbonization, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has a unique opportunity to become a global leader in producing green steel. Green steel is manufactured using hydrogen to directly reduce iron rather than...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 11, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Reports
Download research brief Development of the ARCH2 hydrogen hub is unraveling due to high costs, uncertain demand, undercapitalized and inexperienced project developers, and uneconomic applications, according to a new research brief from the Ohio River Valley...
by Staff | Oct 7, 2024 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download polling memo Download slide deck Nine in ten Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Pennsylvania voters broadly...
by Ted Boettner | Aug 29, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
View report View toolkit Meeting prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) requirements more than doubles tax benefits for clean energy projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at little additional cost, and the requirements can boost productivity,...
by Kathy Hipple, Irina Spector, and Jacqueline Ebner | Jul 17, 2024 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Plastics are a problem. The world is awash in plastic. It is a major contributor of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and poses risks to workers and communities, especially environmental justice communities. Micro- and nanoplastics are everywhere, and we...
by Gregory Cumpton and Ted Boettner | Feb 28, 2024 | Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Reports
Download report Download toolkit Download state fact sheets Current efforts to target methane emissions in the oil and gas industry for reduction stem from two underlying facts: excess atmospheric methane plays several particularly egregious roles in the...
by Nick Messenger | Feb 27, 2024 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary & toolkit In 1936, Louisiana launched what is known as the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP), aimed to compete with other states like Mississippi who had begun to massively subsidize corporate manufacturing with tax...
by Strategen Consulting, Inc. | Feb 22, 2024 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download PA CPRG Funding Recommendations Memo Across the United States, progress is accelerating toward economy-wide decarbonization. The establishment of federal emissions reduction targets, coupled with the passage of major pieces of...
by Nick Messenger, Kathy Hipple, and Anne Keller | Jan 25, 2024 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download summary & digital toolkit In November 2022, over ten years after Shell’s first public announcement of site selection for the project, and after five years of construction, Shell Chemical Appalachia Polymers opened its ethane cracker...
by Mark Partridge and Nick Messenger | Sep 20, 2023 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary A new economic development model centering high-multiplier investments in energy efficiency, weatherization, distributed generation, and education could help struggling Appalachian communities spark job, population, and income...
