Beaver County group calls on DEP for more timely reports on Shell ethane cracker air pollution

Beaver County group calls on DEP for more timely reports on Shell ethane cracker air pollution

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 weekend. (Courtesy of Hilary Starcher-O’Toole) 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 getting…

Shell’s Plastic-Fueled Pollution Parade: Toxic Air, Missing Fines, and Deafening Silence

Six fresh Clean Air Act violations and nearly 50 since 2022, but hey—no worries! Shell’s just too busy torching plastic profits and ignoring your lungs. Oh look—Shell’s back at it again. This time, not with an oil spill, a reserve scandal, or yet another shareholder payday funded by planetary collapse. No, this time the royal court jester of fossil capitalism is serving up a toxic buffet of formaldehyde, benzene, nitrogen oxides, toluene, and ev…

Antis Hound PA DEP for More Notifications & Fines re Shell Cracker - Marcellus Drilling News

Two days ago, MDN brought you the news confirming that Shell is looking to sell all or part of its Beaver County, PA, ethane cracker plant operation (see Shell Looks to Sell All or Part of Monaca, PA Ethane Cracker Plant). We remain somewhat incredulous that it wants to sell an asset like the cracker...