by Dwayne Purvis and Ted Boettner | May 6, 2025 | Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Reports
Part I: The Problem Part II: The Solution Plateauing Appalachian gas production underscores the need for transformational policy reform to ensure the oil and gas industry, rather than the public, pays for the growing cost of decommissioning the region’s hundreds of...
by Nick Messenger | Mar 27, 2025 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report On March 3, 2025, 25% tariffs were set to be enacted on US imports from Mexico and non-energy imports from Canada. These tariffs were subsequently delayed by President Trump and are expected to be implemented on April 2, 2025. A 10% tariff was...
by Zane Gustafson, Eric de Place, and Julia Stone | Mar 3, 2025 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Layers of uncertainty around new ammonia markets and the ability of new projects to scale production cast doubt over the massive ammonia buildout planned for the US. A surge of more than 37 proposed projects across the country, fueled by tax...
by Eric de Place and Julia Stone | Feb 7, 2025 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download summary & toolkit It’s been more than twelve years since Shell announced plans to construct a massive petrochemical facility in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, assuring everyone from local community members to the governor that the...
by Ted Boettner | Jan 30, 2025 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Reports
Download research brief West Virginia’s prospective underground carbon storage formations are overlaid by tens of thousands of abandoned and improperly plugged wells—and potentially hundreds of thousands of additional undocumented wells—through which injected...
by Sean O'Leary | Jan 2, 2025 | Natural Gas, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download research brief Utilities and the independent system operators (ISOs) who run the nation’s power grid warn that, without huge expansions of generating capacity, particularly from natural gas, the system may not be able to meet rising demand for...
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,...
