DESCRIPTION: “An amateur pilot Steve White from Beaver County has been witnessing how Pennsylvania landscape has been changing during the last three years due to shale gas drilling. He takes Gas Rush Stories for a ride in the skies.” SEE ALSO: Watch more Gas Rush Stories: gasrushstories.com RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The …
DESCRIPTION: “Yolandita presents the imaginary Frack Family and their dog Rocky of Beaver county, PA who help us to visualize the staggering quantity of chemicals that were used in a typical frack job (hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction) near their imaginary house in the Marcellus shale region of western Pennsylvania.” SEE ALSO: RETURN …
Most of the footage in this segment was shot of the EPA Superfund Site, Sharon Steel Corp (Farrel Works Disposal Area) in Hermitage, Pa. This site is located near the Shenango River, which joins the Mahoning River South of New Castle to form the Beaver River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. “Plague” is an excerpt from …
Democracy and wealth have a long and troubled relationship. Democracy requires openness, transparency, accountability, and a reasonable level of economic equality. On the other hand, wealth unrestrained, often works in various ways to buy influence, power, and votes. The uneasy relationship between democracy and money became even more troubled with the rise of large corporations, …
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The Nibi (Water) Walks are Indigenous-led, extended ceremonies to pray for the water. The Ohio River Water Walk began on April 22, 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA [through Beaver County, Pa] and ended in Cairo, IL, where the Ohio joins the Mississippi River. The Nibi (Water) Walks are Indigenous-led, extended ceremonies to pray for the water. …
Over the past decade, fracking has extracted more gas than consumers demand, so the fracking industry has begun converting the gas glut into petrochemical products like plastic. Here, we’re at the construction site Shell Ethane Cracker, a facility that will crack fracked ethane to make polyethylene plastic. This is the primary component of a wave …
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is considering a water permit application for Shell’s massive ethane cracker petrochemical facility in Beaver County. Shell is trying to leverage an old, less stringent water permit for use with their brand new facility. Please contact the PA DEP to let them know that this is not acceptable! Shell …
Read more “Demand the PA DEP force Shell to re-apply for new petro plant water permit”