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 held this Public Hearing on ‘World Asthma Day 2015.’ This is the 1st environmental permit hearing for the proposed Shell Cracker Plant in Potter Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
“Shell’s Effects: What are the Environmental Impacts?” was presented by the Breathe Project at the Beaver Memorial Library on Nov. 6, 2019 on behalf of communities in the region seeking clarity. The talk addresses the serious air quality problem in SWPA and shows how adding to our already polluted airshed will harm the health of …
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A up close look at the construction at the Shell ethane cracker plant located in Beaver County just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. (February 2020)
Beaver County Pa Planning Commission hears presentations about the proposed Shell Cracker Plant from the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council followed by questions from the audience.
