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 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,...
by Joanne Kilgour | Jul 22, 2024 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
On behalf of the Clean Power PA Coalition, a group of more than 40 clean energy, conservation, and community organizations committed to protecting Pennsylvania’s environment and powering its economy through clean energy, we’re thrilled—but not...
by Sean O'Leary | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Almost three years ago I wrote a blog post titled, “Renewable Energy: The New Texas Tea.” In it, I compared changes in electric rates in Texas, where what would become a rapid transition to renewable energy was gathering steam, with changes in rates in Ohio,...
by Joanne Kilgour | Apr 4, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest, Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Heavy industry is Pennsylvania’s biggest source of climate pollution and a principal cause of various environmental health concerns in frontline environmental justice communities. A new program known as Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania, or RISE PA,...
by Nick Messenger | Feb 27, 2024 | Petrochemicals & Plastics, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary & toolkit In 1936, Louisiana launched what is known as the Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP), aimed to compete with other states like Mississippi who had begun to massively subsidize corporate manufacturing with tax...
by Strategen Consulting, Inc. | Feb 22, 2024 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download PA CPRG Funding Recommendations Memo Across the United States, progress is accelerating toward economy-wide decarbonization. The establishment of federal emissions reduction targets, coupled with the passage of major pieces of...
by Sean O'Leary | Jan 12, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Attorneys who specialize in contracts know that a single phrase or just a word can completely alter the meaning and effect of a contract. The same is true . . . maybe even more true . . . of economic impact reports, which by their nature are speculative and...
by Staff | Jan 11, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals & Plastics, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Together, a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable Appalachia is possible. That’s the vision that has geared our data-driven research, guided our outreach and campaigns, and grounded our work in the region’s community and culture ever since the Ohio River Valley...
by Staff | Dec 4, 2023 | Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download testimony Financial and regulatory support for the gas-based ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub risks reduced economic growth, fewer jobs, and higher utility bills, taxes, and prices for Pennsylvanians, according to testimony delivered today at the...