by Eric de Place | Jul 29, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download summary Download toplines Download crosstabs A groundbreaking new opinion poll released today by the Ohio River Valley Institute shows that, by wide margins, state voters support a serious crackdown on fracking operations. The poll shows that voters...
by Sean O'Leary | Jul 20, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit If there are some industries in which immense amounts of investment can fail to produce significant increases in jobs and prosperity, might there be other industries in which comparatively small investments can...
by Sean O'Leary | Jul 20, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
Click to view and download Download summary Download digital toolkit Between 2008 and 2019, the twenty-two counties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia that produce 90% of Appalachian natural gas badly trailed the nation in key measures of economic...
by Joe Cullen | Jun 30, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Click here to view and download the report. Executive Summary On November 7, 2020, Governor Wolf’s proposed CO2 Budget Trading Program Regulation was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, setting in motion a full comment and rulemaking process for the Commonwealth’s...
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 de Place | Mar 9, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
GROUNDBREAKING NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS FUTURE APPALACHIAN SHALE GAS DRILLING UNPROFITABLE AND PETROCHEMICAL BUILDOUT UNLIKELY Higher prices are needed to save Appalachian natural gas, but the industry faces pressure from decarbonization and uncertain petrochemical markets....
by Sean O'Leary | Feb 8, 2021 | Natural Gas, Reports
Download report Since the start of the fracking boom, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia’s biggest gas-producing counties have seen declines in their share of jobs, income, and population. A new Ohio River Valley Institute report titled, “Appalachia’s...
