POTTER TWP. ― 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 ...
Operations at Shell Polymers Monaca — the first major polyethylene, or plastic, manufacturing complex in the northeastern U.S. — have begun, its operator, Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, announced ...
MEETING OUTSIDE PENN STATE BEAVER IN MONACA. IT’S THIS PLANT BEHIND ME HERE IN MONACA THAT RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS OVER FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW. EVEN MORE CONCERNS AFTER THE DEP SAYS THE ...
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 ...