May 19, 2016
Rob Richard, an organizer for the West Virginia Appalachian Laborers’ District Council, voiced support for the proposed Rover Pipeline in a recent opinion piece published in the Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register. Richard—who spoke in favor of the project during at a public comment meeting held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Paden City […]
May 18, 2016
Wheeling News-Register — On April 4, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) held a public comment meeting in Paden City concerning the Rover Pipeline. The proposed project would carry domestically produced natural gas over 700 miles from the Marcellus and Utica gas formations in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to the Midwest Hub, where it […]
April 15, 2016
Development of new energy infrastructure will contribute upwards of $861 billion to the U.S. and Canadian economies and create an estimated 323,000 to 425,000 jobs per year through 2035 according to a new report released by the INGAA Foundation. The study, North American Midstream Infrastructure through 2035: Leaning into the Headwinds, aims to capture and […]
March 28, 2016
Supporters across the region testified in favor of natural gas pipeline infrastructure development during a string of public comment meetings held regarding FERC’s draft environmental impact statement for the Rover Pipeline. Supporters of the project spoke out last week in Fayette and Hamler, Ohio as well as in Chelsea, Michigan. Jon Rosenberger, a member of […]
February 12, 2016
Monroe County faced an uncertain future in 2013 following the bankruptcy and closure of the Ormet aluminum smelting plant that cost nearly 1,000 jobs and devastated the local economy. Ormet had for years been the economic backbone of this small Appalachian community and local tax revenues and economic activity quickly shrunk in its absence. Today, […]
