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The Ohio River Valley Institute examines some of the region’s most pressing challenges. We provide policy analysis and practical tools for building a stronger Appalachia. All of our research is available for you to cite, use, and share, per our free use policy.

An Energy State No More: As coal vanishes from the grid, so might West Virginia's status as an energy state featured image
An Energy State No More: As coal vanishes from the grid, so might West Virginia's status as an energy state
April 9, 2021
by Sean O'Leary
In 10 years, unless West Virginia leapfrogs from its coal-dominated energy system to one driven by clean renewable resources, it will cease to be an energy state West Virginia’s status as an energy
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Polling Shows A Republican Split in Pennsylvania featured image
Polling Shows A Republican Split in Pennsylvania
March 30, 2021
by Eric de Place
One quarter of the way through 2021 and Pennsylvania voters are grumpy. According to the March edition of Franklin & Marshall College Poll, barely more than one-third (36%) think the state is head
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NEW REPORT: Future Appalachian Shale Gas Drilling Unprofitable and Petrochemical Buildout Unlikely featured image
NEW REPORT: Future Appalachian Shale Gas Drilling Unprofitable and Petrochemical Buildout Unlikely
March 23, 2021
by Eric de Place
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 fr
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The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry featured image
The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry
March 18, 2021
by Eric Dixon
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 ur
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A federal solution is needed to address hazardous abandoned wells featured image
A federal solution is needed to address hazardous abandoned wells
March 16, 2021
by Ted Boettner
On Thursday the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in the US House will be holding a hearing on the federal Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Program to discuss reauthorization of the program and ho
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Misdirection: How we're misled about the natural gas boom's economic impacts featured image
Misdirection: How we're misled about the natural gas boom's economic impacts
March 10, 2021
by Sean O'Leary
The Ohio River Valley Institute’s recent report on the nearly complete failure of the Appalachian natural gas boom to deliver on promises of jobs and prosperity in the region's major gas-producing c
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