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Maximizing Impact of Federal Orphaned Well Program in States

Maximizing Impact of Federal Orphaned Well Program in States

by Ted Boettner | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity

Earlier this month, we provided an explainer of the $4.7 billion federal orphaned well program that was included in the federal infrastructure legislation (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021) and what that meant for states in the Ohio River Valley. To...
Appalachia Could Address Poverty and Build Worker Power by Reforesting Mine-scarred Land

Appalachia Could Address Poverty and Build Worker Power by Reforesting Mine-scarred Land

by Eric Dixon | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity

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...
NEW REPORT: Future Appalachian Shale Gas Drilling Unprofitable and Petrochemical Buildout Unlikely

NEW REPORT: Future Appalachian Shale Gas Drilling Unprofitable and Petrochemical Buildout Unlikely

by Eric de Place | Mar 23, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Research

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, March 23, 2021 – New gas field developments in Appalachia are unlikely to be profitable as the US energy system undergoes rapid decarbonization, according to a new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute’s US Center (SEI) and the...
The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry

The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry

by Eric Dixon | Mar 18, 2021 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity

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,...
ORVI REPORT – Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: How dreams of jobs and prosperity turned into almost nothing

ORVI REPORT – Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: How dreams of jobs and prosperity turned into almost nothing

by Sean O'Leary | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity, Strategic Communications

NEW REPORT: NATURAL GAS COUNTIES’ ECONOMIES SUFFERED AS PRODUCTION BOOMED 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 February 10,...
The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry

Technical Note for Forthcoming Report – Repairing the Damage: Cleaning up the land, water, and air damaged by the coal industry pre-‘77

by Joanne Kilgour | Jan 16, 2021 | Research

  Dixon Technical Note...
What would joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative mean for Pennsylvania?

What would joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative mean for Pennsylvania?

by Sean O'Leary | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Research, Shared Prosperity

JOBS, SAVINGS, AND HEALTHIER FAMILIES The funny thing about opponents of Pennsylvania’s proposed membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is that the terrible things they say will happen if Pennsylvania joins RGGI are exactly the things that...

Low-Wage Jobs Are the Future in Ohio River Valley Without Policy Change

by Ted Boettner | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Research, Shared Prosperity

If policymakers at the state and federal level want to build a strong economy with good paying jobs in the Ohio River Valley region it will require raising wages, improving job quality standards, and increasing disposable income of workers. That’s because most...
Election 2020: Will Pending Litigation Impact Results in Pennsylvania?

Election 2020: Will Pending Litigation Impact Results in Pennsylvania?

by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog Posts, Fair Democracy, Research

The 2020 election has taken place against the backdrop of a pandemic, a racial justice movement, and record-setting political spending–projected to total nearly $14 billion, a figure greater than the GDP of Armenia. For a culture that is used to immediate...
ORVI Insider #6: Trump Won’t Like the Results of an Economic Impact Study on Fracking

ORVI Insider #6: Trump Won’t Like the Results of an Economic Impact Study on Fracking

by Joanne Kilgour | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Fair Democracy, Newsletter, Research

A Message from Our Executive Director  Back at my desk in Pennsylvania, I have the strong sensation of being in the eye of a storm; the past few months of frenzied political campaigning and voter education have crescendoed, Election Day has arrived, and the gaze of...
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