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...
by Staff | Oct 13, 2023 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
The Ohio River Valley Institute published the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s announcement of up to $925 million in federal funding for the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2). ARCH2 Blue Hydrogen Hub Threatens...
by Mark Partridge and Nick Messenger | Sep 20, 2023 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary A new economic development model centering high-multiplier investments in energy efficiency, weatherization, distributed generation, and education could help struggling Appalachian communities spark job, population, and income...
by Sean O'Leary | Aug 22, 2023 | Natural Gas, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary Download toolkit By the first quarter of 2020, EQT Corporation, the nation’s largest domestic producer of natural gas, was supplying more than 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. Just a decade earlier, EQT’s output...
by Ted Boettner | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
In late July, we co-released a report that proposed a targeted subsidized employment program aimed at finding jobs for those disconnected from the workforce in Appalachia. Specifically, the report explored the large number of prime-age workers – those between...
