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Natural Gas Industry Holds Hope for Jobs in Ohio Valley

West Virginia Morning
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On this West Virginia Morning, the petrochemical industry is promising economic development in many Ohio Valley towns where it’s sorely needed. Like East Liverpool, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border. There, The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant reports, the town’s welcoming this new industry while still living with pollution from decades-old facilities.

The Allegheny Front is produced in Pittsburgh and reports on the environment.  More at alleghenyfront.org.

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