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In 2012, Pennsylvania lawmakers offered Shell an “unlimited tax credit” to lure the company to the state.

Western Pennsylvania has a great story to tell when it comes to the revitalization of our energy and manufacturing industries.

Every October, manufacturers throughout the Pittsburgh region and beyond, including our Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council (PCIC) members, celebrate National Manufacturing Month and the positive contributions manufacturing has on our society. The economic impacts are significant. According to the American Chemistry Council, the chemical and plastics industries inject over $14 billion,

A region historically plagued by industrial pollution is overwhelmed with unconventional oil and gas development.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has slapped Beaver County’s Shell ethylene cracker plant with a third violation notice because the agency said Shell again surpassed pollution emission limits. The sprawling, multibillion-dollar plant along the Ohio River opened in November. In an email to Shell dated Monday, DEP officials said

"This continued flaring nonstop is unacceptable to the residents of Beaver," said Bob Schmetzer, the leader of the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community.

Shell is withholding or slow to release information to the public about flaring, orange glows in the sky and strange noises at its ethylene cracker plant in Beaver County, which started operating in November, an environmental group said this week. Noise complaints from residents — mostly about intermittent “popping sounds”

Two environmental advocacy groups plan to sue the owners of Beaver County’s petrochemical complex for violations of air pollution limits.

/PRNewswire/ -- Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Shell plc, today announced it has commenced operations of its Pennsylvania Chemical project,...

The cracker plant will break down ethane molecules to produce pellets that can be used to make plastics for products ranging from automotive parts to food packages.