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We're Getting a Raw Deal from Fracking | CORR March Newsletter
Dear Friend, Regardless of where you stand on the fracking issue, one thing is clear: we're getting a raw deal. Back in 2008, the...

CORR
Mar 11, 20219 min read


Belmont County Cracker Plant Indefinitely Delayed Again, Casting Doubt on Project's Viability
The Dilles Bottom site will remain vacant for the foreseeable future. Photo by Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, April 2019. Thai...

CORR
Feb 18, 20212 min read


Gov. DeWine "Worried" but Optimistic about PTTG Plant
Concerned Ohio River Residents recently presented Governor DeWine with many letters from concerned Ohio Valley residents asking him to...
Jill Antares Hunkler
Dec 21, 20202 min read


Development Council Identifies PTTG Cracker Plant As Only Source of Regional Economic Opportunity
It’s a bleak assessment for an economy that’s waited more than six years for the cracker plant’s construction.

CORR
Dec 14, 20202 min read


With Most New Jobs Projected to Pay Below a Living Wage, It’s Time to Reassess Our Economic Future
Recent news of PTT Global Chemical’s indefinite final investment decision (FID) delay provides a unique opportunity for policymakers and...
Ben Hunkler
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Cracker Plant's Feasibility Questions Lead to Indefinite Delay
“IF WE DON’T TRUST BIG GOVERNMENT, THEN WHY TRUST BIG PLASTIC?” reads a sign at CORR’s January 2020 No Cracker Plant rally in...
Vincent DeGeorge, PhD
Nov 16, 20202 min read


Struggling Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbying for Kenyan Plastics Deal
Wary of falling profit margins, shaken oil and gas executives and stakeholders are beginning to pin their long-term hopes on an old friend.
Ben Hunkler
Oct 6, 20202 min read


No natural-gas-driven boom here
Sean O'Leary, a senior researcher with the Ohio River Valley Institute, challenged Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette's claims about...

Sean O'Leary
Sep 30, 20201 min read


Cracker plant won't bring petrochemical jobs boom to the area, experts warn
A group of economists cautioned governors about the construction of a proposed multi-billion dollar petrochemical plant.

CORR
Jun 15, 20201 min read


PTTGC Petrochemical Complex: Unacceptable Risk for Investors and Ohio
The corporate sponsors of a proposed plastics-manufacturing petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio, have repeatedly delayed making...

CORR
May 8, 20203 min read


"A Better Vision for the Valley" A Success
A Better Vision for the Valley, was an inspirational conference organized by FreshWater Accountability Project and attended by many...
Jill Antares Hunkler
May 15, 20194 min read
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