Ohio River Valley Institute
Race to the Bottom: A Conversation on Carbon Injection Wells and Hydrogen Hub Development in the Ohio River Valley and the Gulf Coast
West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are independently racing to secure federal funding for a blue hydrogen and carbon capture hub, an industry boondoggle that stands to prolong the failing fracking economy, further ravage frontline communities, and cost ratepayers (or taxpayers) billions.
Presentation: Hydrogen Hubs Comms Analysis
ZoomJoin Resource Media and the Ohio River Valley Institute to hear the results of our message testing on the hydrogen hub issue and learn what narratives are most persuasive to audiences in the Ohio River Valley.
Policy Action in East Palestine & Beyond
ZoomThe ongoing train derailment crisis in East Palestine, Ohio is a product of policy failure. The derailment was 100% preventable, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, and state officials have revealed the train’s petrochemical cargo was not classified as “highly hazardous,” failing to trigger any requirement to notify residents of […]
Pennsylvania’s Bad Bet – Why the Shell Plant Didn’t Save Appalachia With Plastics
ZoomA pair of faulty economic impact studies misled Pennsylvania policymakers and residents about the economic benefits offered by the Shell Polymers Monaca petrochemicals complex in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, according to a forthcoming report from the Ohio River Valley Institute. The studies, funded by Shell and published by Robert Morris University (RMU), were used to justify […]
Lunch & Learn Series 2024: Water is Life Webinar
ZoomJoin BLAC & The Ohio River Valley Institute for their lunch and learn series webinar: Water Is Life. They will be covering the health harms associated with water pollution sources and how you can protect your home and community.
Your Health and Your Environment Lunch & Learn Series
ZoomJoin Black Appalachian Coalition & Ohio River Valley Institute for their monthly webinar on your health and environment. They will be discussing forever plastics and the toxic chemicals of plastics. They will also be covering how plastic production pollution and toxins can be found in everyday used items.
Your Health and Your Environment Lunch & Learn Series: Environmental Justice & Building a Clean Energy Economy
ZoomJoin Black Appalachian Coalition and Ohio River Valley Institute for their webinar on environmental justice and steps to building a clean energy economy. Special guests include Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, the Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer at the White House Office of Environmental Justice, and Sonia Kikeri, Emerald Cities National Director of Policy and Civic […]
The Uncertain Ammonia Industry, Present and Future
Online Event , United StatesLayers of uncertainty around new ammonia markets and the ability of new projects to scale production cast doubt over the massive ammonia buildout planned for the US, according to a new report from the Ohio River Valley Institute. A surge of more than 37 proposed projects across the country, fueled by tax credits earmarked in […]
Filling the Hole: Decommissioning Liability for Shale and Non-shale wells of Appalachia
ZoomPlateauing Appalachian gas production underscores the need for transformational policy reform to ensure the oil and gas industry, rather than the public, pays for the growing cost of decommissioning the region’s hundreds of thousands of legacy oil and gas wells, according to “Filling the Hole,” a new, two-part report from the Ohio River Valley Institute. […]
