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Charting a Course for Appalachia’s Economic Transition

Charting a Course for Appalachia’s Economic Transition

by Ben Hunkler | May 10, 2022 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity

For generations, Appalachia has powered the nation’s industrial growth with our region’s  bountiful reserves of coal, gas, and oil. Today, our communities are suffering the effects of that legacy of extraction—air and water pollution, rampant greenhouse gas emissions,...
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...
Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Hub is a  Risky Gamble for the Ohio River Valley

Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Hub is a Risky Gamble for the Ohio River Valley

by Ben Hunkler | Feb 14, 2022 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Shared Prosperity

The newly announced initiative to develop a carbon capture and hydrogen hub in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia is a gamble in the guise of opportunity.  The project, announced last week by a partnership of major oil and gas companies, would deploy costly,...
Coal Mine Cleanup in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Explained

Coal Mine Cleanup in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Explained

by Eric Dixon | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity

In November 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which made historic investments in the reclamation of land and water damaged by the coal industry before 1977. We have found that while the bill will only address about half of the...
A Cautionary Tale of Petrochemicals from Pennsylvania

A Cautionary Tale of Petrochemicals from Pennsylvania

by Eric de Place and Molly Kiick | Nov 30, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity

Beaver County, Pennsylvania is a real-time case-study in the local economic impacts of petrochemical development. It is home to the construction site of a Shell petrochemical facility estimated to cost $6 billion. First announced in 2012, the project is nearing...
Bitcoin Mining Breathes Life into Zombie Coal Plants

Bitcoin Mining Breathes Life into Zombie Coal Plants

by Eric de Place | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Shared Prosperity

Bitcoin is on the verge of going mainstream, with some companies — and even countries — recognizing the cryptocurrency as legal tender. The market cap of Bitcoin now surpasses both Facebook and Tesla, and it also recently became the 13th largest currency...
Why the Fracked Gas to Plastics Pipeline Has No Future in the Ohio River Valley

Why the Fracked Gas to Plastics Pipeline Has No Future in the Ohio River Valley

by Ben Hunkler | Nov 23, 2021 | Blog Posts, Shared Prosperity

Four years ago, petrochemical industry boosters predicted a new wave of industry would roll across the natural gas-producing region of Appalachia, spurring billions of dollars in capital investments and a veritable economic renaissance in a place that sorely needed...
Repairing the Damage: Cleaning Up Hazardous Coal Ash Can Create Jobs and Improve the Environment

Repairing the Damage: Cleaning Up Hazardous Coal Ash Can Create Jobs and Improve the Environment

by Ted Boettner | Oct 13, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity

In partnership with ReImagine Appalachia and Union of Concerned Scientists, the Ohio River Valley Institute is releasing a new report titled: Repairing the Damage: Cleaning up Hazardous Coal Ash Can Create Jobs and Improve the Environment. This report is the fourth in...
Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration Would Decarbonize the Electric System…in the Worst Possible Way

Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration Would Decarbonize the Electric System…in the Worst Possible Way

by Sean O'Leary | Oct 7, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity

Click here to view and download the report With a price tag of $100 billion/year, widespread adoption of CCUS in our electric system would spark outrage if its cost showed up in our monthly bills. But members of Congress, including some climate hawks, are coalescing...
A Stronger Appalachian Regional Commission Vital to Economic Progress

A Stronger Appalachian Regional Commission Vital to Economic Progress

by Ted Boettner | Sep 29, 2021 | Reports, Shared Prosperity

Click here to view and download the full report.  For much of its history, the Appalachian region has lagged the rest of the nation in measures of economic prosperity, health, education, and infrastructure. The region, especially central Appalachia, has been rich in...
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