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Building Shared Prosperity & Clean Energy
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Generations of fossil fuel development have hollowed out the Ohio River Valley economy, hemorrhaging jobs and accelerating population decline. Investing in the region’s energy transition is an opportunity to spur job growth and shared prosperity across the region.
Clean energy generation, energy efficiency retrofits, quality-of-life focused development, and large-scale initiatives to repair the damage from the oil and gas industry could create tens of thousands of jobs and revitalize long-struggling communities. Here’s how.
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“A clean energy pathway for Western Pennsylvania is less costly, creates more jobs, and more effectively reduces climate-warming emissions relative to a pathway centered around natural gas and carbon capture.”
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Reports:
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Ohio State University analysis shows that investments in high-multiplier industries can help create jobs and boost incomes in struggling communities.
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Appalachian coal country has a critical need for more employment. A national subsidized employment program could help reconnect prime-age workers to the workforce.
[/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Green Steel in the Ohio River Valley: The Timing is Right for the Rebirth of a Clean, Green Steel Industry” button_text=”Download” button_link=”https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/green-steel-in-the-ohio-river-valley-the-timing-is-right-for-the-rebirth-of-a-clean-green-steel-industry/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-5.37.01-PM.png” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” border_radii_image=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” box_shadow_style_image=”preset2″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]
A transition to fossil fuel-free “green” steelmaking could grow steel-related jobs and slash carbon emissions.
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Transitioning to clean energy means job growth, shared prosperity, and a safer, cleaner future for Western Pennsylvania.
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Centralia, Washington, a former coal town with a now-booming economy, could provide a model for clean energy and economic transition in distressed communities in Appalachia and beyond.
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A large-scale federal program to plug abandoned oil and gas wells in Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia could create thousands of well-paying jobs across the region.
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Cleaning up Appalachia’s thousands of acres of abandoned mine lands could create jobs, reduce climate-warming emissions, improve quality of life, and minimize environmental damage.
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Cleaning up hazardous coal ash sites in the Ohio Valley can alleviate environmental and public health threats and create jobs.
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Revenue from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) could aid economic development in coal communities facing plant closures and energy market changes.
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All research on Shared Prosperity & Clean Energy:
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