Research
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.
Chemical Recycling: A False Promise for the Ohio River Valley
Chemical recycling is a false solution that ignores health impacts and sidesteps technical and economic headwinds.
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — July 15, 2024
Upcoming BIL/IRA Webinars July 17, 2024 @ 2:00PM – New Project Finance Hub - Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) & Atlas Public Policy are...
As the Dept. of Justice nears a settlement with Norfolk Southern, full compensation for impacted East Palestine residents is “nearly impossible.”
Nearly a year and a half since a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous petrochemical materials derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, sparking one...
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — June 24, 2024
New BIL/IRA Implementation Grant Announcement in EPA Region III Environmental Justice – Thriving Communities Program EPA Region 3 Environmental...
The greatest hydrogen risk facing Pennsylvania policymakers
Lately we hear a great deal about hydrogen’s environmental and economic promise. But hydrogen deployment also carries risks, not just for health and...
Appalachia’s power plants by net generation and capacity factor
In all, the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have 85 non-peaker coal and gas-fired power plants with capacities of 100 MW...
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — June 10, 2024
New BIL/IRA Implementation Project Announcements in PA Cutting Consumer Costs, Creating Jobs and Improving Public Health SOLAR FOR ALL (See...
You know that thing about how expensive renewable energy is?
Almost three years ago I wrote a blog post titled, “Renewable Energy: The New Texas Tea.” In it, I compared changes in electric rates in Texas,...
Revisiting Pennsylvania’s Bad Bet
The Shell Polymers Monaca petrochemicals complex shadowing the banks of the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has become something of a...
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — April 15, 2024
Upcoming BIL/IRA Deadlines/Webinars April 17, 2024 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT - WEBINAR - IRS Office Hours for Elective Pay and Transferability of...
Pennsylvania’s Opportunity to Cut Industrial Pollution and Create Jobs
Heavy industry is Pennsylvania’s biggest source of climate pollution and a principal cause of various environmental health concerns in frontline...
Job Opportunity: Senior Communications Strategist
The truth, well told, can speed progress toward change. The Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI), an independent nonprofit providing research and...
Housing Rebuild After Kentucky Flood Still Lacks Funds
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
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
Pennsylvania, like several other oil and gas producing states, has a broken system when it comes to preventing orphaned and abandoned wells. Its...