Mapping the Cost of Widespread CCUS Adoption
New Ohio River Valley Institute research finds that the broad-scale adoption of carbon capture, use, and sequestration (CCUS) would come with a price tag upwards of $100 billion dollars per year. A bevy of proposed legislation in Congress would hoist that bill on regular taxpayers and ratepayers. What would CCUS adoption mean for your wallet? […]
ORVI Insider #24: A New Civilian Conservation Corps Could Employ Thousands
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. September 28, 2021 The New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was an economic boon for its participants and for local economies, generating $10.5 billion in earnings and spurring $486 billion in growth at the […]
ORVI Insider #23: Appalachian Petrochemical Dreams Are Running Out of Steam
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. September 14, 2021 The dream of an Appalachian petrochemical hub, complete with a network of plastic-producing ethane cracker plants, cavernous natural gas storage facilities, and a surge of new pipelines, is crumbling. According to Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary, PTTGC America’s recent […]
Year in Review
The Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) launched one year ago, in August 2020, as an independent, nonprofit think tank designed to equip the region’s residents and decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to advance long-term solutions to some of Appalachia’s most significant challenges. The Institute produces data-driven research and proposes policies […]
ORVI Insider #22: Our First Year in Review
ORVI Insider: Our First Year in Review The Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) launched one year ago, in August 2020, as an independent, nonprofit think tank designed to equip the region’s residents and decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to bolster ongoing campaigns and community organizing and advance long-term […]
Community groups urge U.S. Department of Energy to halt gas, ethane development
More than one hundred environmental and community advocates described the devastating threats to public health and safety posed by petrochemical development in Appalachia and the Gulf South during a public hearing organized by the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management on Tuesday. According to the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon […]
How the Department of Energy Can Help Mitigate Economic and Environmental Damage from Petrochemical Development and Fracking
Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary explained the damaging effects of shale gas activity and prospective petrochemical development on the environment, residents’ wellbeing, and local economic growth in a public-facing presentation for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management earlier this week. The presentation informed the Department of Energy’s public meeting to […]
Finding Opportunity in the Ohio Valley
Last week, Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary and I traveled across the Ohio Valley to discuss Ohio River Valley Institute research with county commissioners and local organizations. The trip laid bare the aftermath of fracking’s grip on the regional economy. Boarded windows and vacant, slouching storefronts line Bellaire, Ohio’s Belmont Street, looming over what was once […]
Hydrogen 101
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ORVI Insider #21: New Poll Shows PA Voters Want a Crackdown on Fracking
The latest news, research, and analysis from the Ohio River Valley Institute. July 29, 2021 By wide margins, Pennsylvania voters support a major crackdown on fracking. That’s according to a striking new poll from Data for Progress and the Ohio River Valley Institute, which shows widespread concern […]