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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


CORR Reflects on 2020 Progress
Last January, Concerned Ohio River Residents laid out a bold vision for the new year in Seeking a Clearer Vision, a supplement to several...

CORR
Dec 28, 20202 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


National Projection Campaign Calls on President-Elect Biden to Address the Plastic Pollution Crisis
Concerned Ohio River Residents and 500+ member organizations have just launched the Presidential Plastics Action Plan.

CORR
Dec 8, 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


Making the Invisible Visible Webinar (11/5)
This November, a coalition of community advocates and air quality and health scientists will present two sessions of Making the Invisible...

CORR
Nov 2, 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


Permits for storage wells tied to Ohio River Valley petrochemical buildout canceled
https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/energy-resource/2020/10/02/permits-canceled-after-environmentalists-raise-legal-concerns-appalach...

The Columbus Dispatch
Oct 1, 20201 min read


Drilling Permits Cancelled For Underground Natural Gas Storage Project
Ohio environmental regulators have canceled key permits needed for an underground natural gas liquids storage facility proposed along the...

Ohio Valley Resource
Sep 27, 20201 min read


Environmental groups challenge Ohio gas storage permits
Environmental groups are asking an Ohio agency to revoke permits issued for construction of a natural gas liquids storage facility along the

ABC News
Aug 20, 20201 min read
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