by Kathy Hipple and Anne Keller | Dec 19, 2022 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download digital toolkit In November 2022, Shell officially began production at its long-anticipated ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, churning out lentil-sized resin pellets, known as nurdles, by the ton. When it reaches full...
by Strategen Consulting, Inc. | Dec 12, 2022 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit This report describes the development and analysis of a clean energy pathway for a 10-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania. Due to its abundance of fossil fuel resources, the region has a long...
by Joe Cullen | Aug 30, 2022 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report In June 2021, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) released a comprehensive Report on Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirements in the United States.1 The authors summarized the history of coal-fired plant retirements over the last decade,...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 8, 2022 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download report Download digital toolkit Pennsylvania policymakers of both parties are driving efforts to expand the state’s natural gas economy despite mounting evidence which shows that the decade-long production boom has failed to stem or even reduce job and...
by Ted Boettner, Kathy Hipple, and Anthony Ingraffea | Apr 12, 2022 | Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Reports
Download report Download appendices Download summary Download digital toolkit Diversified Energy, the nation’s largest owner of oil and gas wells, does not have enough funds to plug its entire inventory of assets, research from the Ohio River Valley...
by the Black Appalachian Coalition | Jan 27, 2022 | Fair Democracy, Reports
View and download the report In the fall of 2021, the Black Appalachian Coalition (BLAC) and the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) hosted five virtual listening sessions to hear from Black Appalachians. The sessions were part of the ongoing national...
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 Eric de Place and Molly Kiick | Nov 30, 2021 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit Beaver County, Pennsylvania is a real-time case-study in the local economic impacts of petrochemical development. It is home to the construction site of a Shell petrochemical facility estimated to cost...
by Kathy Hipple and Anne Keller | Nov 10, 2021 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit The Appalachian petrochemical buildout is on shaky ground. Despite speculation that supply chain constraints, COVID-induced shortages of key products, and volatile energy prices could “re-shore” virgin...
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...
