Statement on Nscale’s acquisition of AIPCorp, including the Monarch Computer Campus
If the Monarch Computer Campus project goes forward according to plan, Governor Morissey and residents of the mid-Ohio River Valley will be stunned at how small an economic contribution such a large and expensive facility will make.
Shell’s Q4 Financial Flop Underscores the False Promises of Petrochemical Investment
Shell’s “downturn in Monaca,” along with the company’s weakest quarterly profit in nearly 5 years, shows why petrochemicals are a bad bet.
U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works: A History of Unsafe Conditions for Workers and Residents
Located along the Monongahela River, Clairton, Pennsylvania is a small city in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area with a population of around 6,000 people. Like much of the region, it has a rich history of industrial development, especially steelmaking, that began nearly at its conception. Opening in 1916, Clairton Coke Works is the largest coke production […]
2025 in Review
This year, ORVI and our partners have worked to adapt and respond to an increasingly chaotic, uncertain environment. We’ve quantified stemmed funding flows for federal projects like old oil and gas well decommissioning, traced critical junctures in the storied history—and possibility—of Mon Valley steelmaking, and tracked the surge of new fossil fuel industry offshoots: gas-fired […]
2024 in Review
The close of 2024 marks another year of progress and growth for the Ohio River Valley Institute, completing our organization’s fourth calendar year of operation. This year, we added critical new capacity to our staff and expanded our breadth of our research and communications programs with the additions of Operations Manager Stacey Padilla, Senior Communications […]
Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly support stricter regulations on fracking
Nine in ten Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, new polling shows.
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 solutions for a more sustainable, equitable, democratic, and prosperous Appalachia, is hiring for the newly created position of Senior Communications Strategist. This is not a traditional communications role. Words, images, and metaphors help us […]
2023 in Review
Together, a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable Appalachia is possible. That’s the vision that has geared our data-driven research, guided our outreach and campaigns, and grounded our work in the region’s community and culture ever since the Ohio River Valley Institute’s very beginning. It’s now been more than three years since we laid out our […]
Pennsylvania Senate Hydrogen Hub Testimony Illuminates Cost, Viability Concerns; Risk of Wasted Taxpayer Dollars
Financial and regulatory support for the gas-based ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub risks reduced economic growth, fewer jobs, and higher utility bills, taxes, and prices for Pennsylvanians, according to testimony delivered today at the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee’s hearing on hydrogen infrastructure by Ohio River Valley Institute Senior Researcher Sean O’Leary.
Job Opportunity: Operations Manager
The Ohio River Valley institute (ORVI), an independent nonprofit providing research and solutions for a more sustainable, equitable, democratic, and prosperous Appalachia, is hiring for the newly created position of Operations Manager. The Operations Manager will join a high-performing team committed to excellence and working to ensure that our communities throughout Appalachia can […]