Uncertainty Remains for Essential Programs After Gov. Shapiro’s Lawsuit Unfreezes Federal Funds for PA
Last week, I joined a group of Pennsylvania advocates and policy experts for a press event on the critical situation facing businesses, community service organizations, and municipalities across the Commonwealth, one that demands our immediate attention and continued vigilance. The Trump administration recently took the unprecedented step of withholding over $2.1 billion in Congressionally approved […]
EV Charging Station Funding Freeze Forfeits More Than $400 Million and Over 3,500 Ohio River Valley Job Opportunities
On February 6, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released a memo suspending the ability of states and tribes to spend previously approved grants for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Regional media has speculated that the suspension is part of a widespread effort by the Trump administration to roll back or freeze dollars allocated to […]
Damage Control: Federal Funding to Plug Orphaned Wells—And Create Good-Paying Jobs—Is In Jeopardy
Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have been awarded a total of $290.3 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up orphaned oil & gas well sites.
Damage Control: AML Reclamation Funding Freeze Puts Projects, Jobs in Jeopardy
In the past three years, the Department of the Interior has awarded about $3 billion to reclamation agencies across the country for the purpose of cleaning up land and water damaged by the coal industry. Reclamation projects funded by Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grant funding are now in jeopardy, as the Trump Administration has halted […]
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 […]
BIL/IRA Implementation Digest — December 9, 2024
Upcoming BIL/IRA Webinars December 10, 2024 @ 1:00PM ET – World Resources Institute – “Integrating Elective Pay Tax Credits into Government Procurement and RFPs” will cover how tax-exempt entities can integrate elective pay into their procurement and bidding processes. Register Here. December 13, 2024 @ Noon – Watts and Learn: Solar Tariffs and Inflation Reduction Act […]
RISE PA sets stage for Pennsylvania to lead industrial decarbonization revolution
Pennsylvania’s natural resources and workforce made it a leader in the US Industrial Revolution. Coal, steel and materials mined and produced in the commonwealth helped to build the country, centering industry as a key economic driver for Pennsylvania. And through a new program supported by federal funding and administered by the PA Department of Environmental […]
Filling the Hole: A Federal Solution to Cleaning Up America’s Orphaned and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
On October 23, 2024, Senior Researcher Ted Boettner presented at the 2nd Annual Orphan & Idle Wells Texas Conference on the need for a federal solution to clean up America’s orphaned and abandoned wells. His presentation is summarized below. An upcoming report will provide further detail on the topic. Key findings: The nation is saddled […]
One year in, US clean hydrogen hubs face questions — and have few answers
This story is republished with permission from Canary Media. Read the original piece here. A year ago, the U.S. announced ambitious plans to build large-scale clean hydrogen hubs. Now, 12 months later, those plans have advanced little and are still shrouded in uncertainty. Last October, the U.S. Department of Energy picked seven consortiums across the country to receive […]
Is The ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Sure Looks Like it.
Development of the ARCH2 hydrogen hub is unraveling due to high costs, uncertain demand, inexperienced project developers, and uneconomic applications.