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...
by Claire Kovach, Stephen Herzenberg, Amanda Woodrum, and Ted Boettner | Jul 25, 2023 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Hard-working Americans are the engine of our economy. We want to do well for ourselves and our families, but too many of us who want to work – especially in Appalachian communities that have been left behind – are not able to find a job. And...
by Staff | Jul 6, 2023 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download reportDownload summaryDownload digital toolkit As of this writing, whether Pennsylvania remains the 12th state in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will be resolved by the Pennsylvania courts. If Pennsylvania remains in RGGI following...
by Nick Messenger | May 5, 2023 | Blog Posts, Petrochemicals & Plastics, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
A lot has happened since ORVI originally published our post on the disastrous toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Cleanup efforts are still underway by the railroad operator, Norfolk Southern, but they have raised new questions about the safe transport of...
by Jacqueline Ebner, Ph.D., Kathy Hipple, Nick Messenger, and Irina Spector, MBA | Apr 17, 2023 | Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Download report Download summary Download digital toolkit For more than a century, steel has played an important role in the economy and culture of the Ohio River Valley. But the traditional method of making steel, known as BF-BOF (blast furnace-blast oxygen...
by Ted Boettner | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
During the third week in March, I had the opportunity to travel to southeastern Louisiana to take part in several events sponsored by True Transition, a new group working to build a brighter future for oil and gas workers and communities across the country. For over a...
by Eric Dixon | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy
Here’s a name you don’t often read in Appalachian history books: Bill Worthington. Bill was a Black coal miner from Harlan County, Kentucky, and a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Bill played a pivotal role in historic labor disputes in Harlan...
