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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.

Housing Rebuild After Kentucky Flood Still Lacks Funds

by Eric Dixon | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog Posts

After the 2022 flood in southeast Kentucky, the Ohio River Valley Institute worked with the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center to do an initial...

BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — March 25, 2024

by Joe Cullen | Mar 25, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest

Upcoming BIL/IRA Deadlines/Webinars March 2024 – EPA will notify applicants for the $7 billion Solar for All Fund Competition, the $6 billion Clean...

Addressing Pennsylvania’s Orphaned Well Crisis

by Ted Boettner | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog Posts, Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells

Pennsylvania, like several other oil and gas producing states, has a broken system when it comes to preventing orphaned and abandoned wells. Its...

The Tri-State CCS Hub and The Return of The Bad Deal

by Sean O'Leary | Mar 21, 2024 | Blog Posts, Hydrogen & Carbon Capture

Do you know a bad deal when you see it? Possibly not, if the deal has to do with something as arcane as leasing underground pore space to an oil and...

LNG Exports Are a Rotten Deal for Appalachians

by Joanne Kilgour | Mar 17, 2024 | Blog Posts, Natural Gas

In a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, former Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan decried President Biden’s recent decision to pause liquified natural...

BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — March 15, 2024

by Joe Cullen | Mar 15, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest

EPA Link to All Priority Climate Action Plans (PCAPs) – Filed on or before March 1, 2024 Priority Climate Action Plans for States, MSAs, Tribes,...

BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — March 8, 2024

by Joe Cullen | Mar 8, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest

Announcements this week by EPA and the Department of Treasury inspired us to update some BIL/IRA briefing materials. The following are...

BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — March 1, 2024

by Joe Cullen | Mar 1, 2024 | BIL/IRA Implementation Digest

This week, PA DEP posted the Slide Deck from its February 22, 2024 – Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) Board Meeting. - The...

Addressing Methane Emissions in Appalachia

by Gregory Cumpton and Ted Boettner | Feb 28, 2024 | Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells, Repairing the Damage, Reports

New EPA methane regulations will create up to 15,000 well-plugging jobs in the Ohio River Valley. $1.3 billion in IIJA and MERP funding can support thousands of additional job-years.