DEP Announces Public Hearings for Shell Ethane Cracker Pipeline
The state extended the public comment period for the pipeline after environmental groups asked for more time to review the pipeline’s impact on waterways and local communities.
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DEP extends comment period for Shell’s ethane pipeline
After complaints over a 30-day comment period, the agency is giving groups until April 17 to provide input.
Activist Groups Want More Time to Review Shell Pipeline Permits
The request comes a few weeks after the state shut down another pipeline project due to repeated permit violations, including more than 60 spills along its route.
Public Health Researcher Issues Dire Warning About Ethane Cracker
The ethane cracker will bring 600 permanent jobs, but a researcher warns of impacts to air quality and health of residents nearby the future facility.
Exhibit Brings the Hard Lessons of the Petrochemical Industry Home
What do Louisiana and western Pennsylvania have in common? For one, an industry that for better or for worse inspires art.
Shell’s Pennsylvania Chemical Plant Brings Hope for Jobs, Fear of Pollution
Shell’s ethane cracker is scheduled to begin construction later this year. Many in the region worry what impact the plant--and others that might be built in the future--will have on the region’s air.
There’s Enough Gas for Several More Crackers, Industry Says
Shell’s $6 billion ethane cracker in Beaver County could be the first of several large chemical plants in the region. That’s because there’s enough ethane being produced to provide the chemical industry with the raw material without any additional drilling.
Louisianans Can Tell You What Pennsylvania’s Petrochemical Industry Might Look Like
If a petrochemical boom is heading to western Pennsylvania — as it now appears to be — there are some big lessons we can learn from residents living in the shadow of Louisiana's "Chemical Corridor."
How Shale Gas is Fueling a Spinoff Industry in Petrochemicals
The shale gas boom on the Gulf Coast has had a trickle down effect for the region's petrochemical industry. Could the same happen in western Pennsylvania?
What Pennsylvania Can Learn from Houston’s Air Pollution
As a petrochemical industry boom looms, Pennsylvanians could learn a lot from chemical capitals like Houston about how to keep air pollution under control.
