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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
