MONACA, Pa. (KDKA) — The Shell cracker plant came to Beaver County with the promise of creating thousands of new jobs and spawning a new industry in the Ohio River Valley. But one-and-a-half years ...
The Shell plant in Beaver County produces polyethylene, a type of single-use plastic, using ethane. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization ...
An image of the Shell plastics plant in Pennsylvania on April 26. Shell said April 25 that it would start using its “elevated flare this afternoon” and expected the work to continue through the ...
Rebecca Quigley's favorite spot in her house is a wraparound deck with a sweeping view of her hometown, Vanport, Pa., along the banks of the Ohio River. But in recent years, the view has changed. Just ...
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Shell’s plant in Beaver County that produces plastics from Marcellus Shale gas has been hit with six air pollution violations so far this year and a watchdog group warns that nearby communities aren’t ...
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. POTTER TWP. ― In 2020, the Department of Energy ...
In 2020, the Department of Energy predicted that Appalachia was “on the cusp of an energy and petrochemical renaissance” fueled by abundant shale gas. The agency saw the ethane cracker plant Shell was ...