Editor, News-Register:

In a recent opinion piece, Charles McConnell asserted that Ohio should lead in the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology because, in addition to reducing carbon emissions, it means “investment in the billions and jobs in the millions”.

For 15 years, Ohio Valley residents have heard similarly grandiose claims made on behalf of the natural gas industry. But we discovered how hollow the claims were.

Billions of dollars were ostensibly invested in eight natural gas-producing counties in eastern Ohio, but what residents got was:

∫ The number of jobs plunged by 10,863 (-11%).

∫ The counties’ population declined by nearly 28,000 people (-8%).

∫ The combined incomes of people who live in the eight counties grew by only two-thirds the amount of

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